Agreement between Quebec, Airbnb on tax remittance called 'unique'

By Ian Burns ( September 5, 2017, 9:19 AM EDT) -- The government of Quebec has reached an agreement with Airbnb that allows the online hospitality service to collect and remit the tax on lodging on behalf of the hosts on its home-sharing platform, and a McGill University professor is saying the agreement is "an expansion of the idea" about who is responsible for paying taxes in the era of the shared economy....