text: HB 1850 allows illegal operators to cheat and hide. I can advertise on a broker's website and direct bookings to another venue. I can even accept cash at a discount once you call me. I am sure the broker does not like that but it is to much work to enforce and enforcement is not their business. They get a cut that is acceptable to them and it is much more difficult to catch cheaters because identities are hidden. Act 204 (which is law), if enforced, allows the State to audit scofflaws that are suspected of cheating. Remember, the State Income Tax is connected to the GET and TAT taxes. HB 1850 allows unscrupulous operators to be invisible. If I do not have to divulge my  GET or TAT, all reporting is voluntary. If HB 1850 is signed into law, tax revenues will fall. If Act 204 is enforced, tax revenues will rise. HB 1850 will do more harm than good. VETO.
  The issue of allowing resort activities in residential neighborhoods is another discussion that is not relevant to this TAX law.