Short rents, what changes: the key-boxes return (but it depends on the municipality), they remain mandatory, cleaning, complaints. Driving

The last turning point on Tuesday 27 May. The Lazio Tar cancels the act With which the Ministry of the Interior, last November, had imposed the identification of the guests of the guests to the managers of accommodation for short rents. The ministerial circular is therefore canceled by the administrative court because since 2011Article 109 of the Consolidated Law of the Public Security Laws (TULPS), allows you to verify the document and transmit the data via « Web Hostens », the State Police platform used for this purpose. New obligations, for the TAR, require a law, not a circular. So theoretically it is possible to leave the keys again in the so-called Key-Box, mailboxes outside the buildings, unless the Municipality expressly prohibits it where the property insists, As Florence prepared for example.

The weight of the commissions to the portals

And therefore, in anticipation of the summer at the gates, what obligations are those who want to rent a house for short periods. We do a little order, with a slender guide to short rents driven up by the intermediation platforms. We start, in fact, from the distribution model: to rent your accommodation for short periods you cannot fail to go from the giants such as Airbnb and Booking.com even if independent platforms persist like Bedandbreakfast.it who try to emulate pervasiveness in indexing on search engines such as Google of these great « olta », online Travel Agency. It is necessary to know that for each transaction there is one Commission that oscillates for the owners of homes between 3 and 10% which is automatically turned to these giants.

The maximum duration of 30 days

The premise is that we are talking about rents that do not exceed 30 days, otherwise it is necessary to record the contract to the Revenue Agency, because we no longer speak of short -term leases. Most of the owners of properties pay a 3-5%commission on average pays on Airbnb. Costs that are calculated on the total bookingThat is, we are talking about the daily price plus any additional costs charged by those who rent, with the exclusion of the costs of the guest service (and taxes) and are automatically deducted from the compensation of those who put the property on the market (We wrote here).

Cin’s obligation and fines risk

Since 2025, however, all the properties rented for short periods dEvono have a national identification code, called « Cin », and must expose it to the building where the property insistsunder penalty of high fines up to 8 thousand euros.
The procedure to obtain it is complicated and are even proliferating companies that manage the practice on behalf of those who want to rent. To leave it is necessary to apply on the portal of the Ministry of Development and Made in Italy Enterpriseinuniorno.gov. Where to apply to open a business activity even if you rent the ownership house where you live and do it only sometimes on Airbnb. The will of the legislator is explicit to make the short lease activity thus more professionalizingrecording anyone who rents a property, even if it is a first home, for a few days.

The process of question

The question on the government portal becomes a declaration of start of activity which is automatically turned to the Municipality where that property is picked. To deal with it is the Suap, the Single Productive Activities of the Town Hall. From the moment this application is submitted, at least 30 days must pass Waiting for the municipalities to answer, but it is an exercise of optimism. The ok at the Single Productive Activities (SUAP) is used to have the CIR, regional identification code, preparatory to the activation of the Cin, national identification code, issued by the Ministry of Tourism.

Algorithms and software to fix prices per night

Managing the lease may not be simple, considering the time spent for announcements, departures, arrivals. This is why software proliferate that according to the city, the area, the period indicate in real time As it is better to publish a room per night. These are algorithms based on artificial intelligence that cross the demand and demand in a certain period: they are able to disdain the presence of fairs, events, exhibitionssporting shows, concerts and on that Tarano the price based on the research on Google of accommodation for short rents. They often offer a slightly higher price than what they already do with artificial intelligence Booking.com and Airbnb which report the appropriate price for that night. The portals need to maximize reservations, the owners may not have the same will especially if they are independent and do it only as a secondary activity.

Rent independently convenient, but it is difficult

The prevailing model of those who make tourist lease alone resists, but this band is destined to thin the new tasks. We speak at the time of the majority of the market, about 60-70% of the accommodation. Those who have time and skills save the costs of the manager, convenient from an economic point of view, but it is not always easy to do it. It is about having skills that do not all have, to welcome guests, to know how to work on the platforms. From the rate to reservations, from bureaucratic to administrative management, from welcome of the guestthe assistance of the traveler, cleaning and managing the linen, the maintenance of the properties.

The taxman, the dry coupon and the substitute tax that Airbnb makes

And then there is the tax issue: for this reason, many property management companies, which manage housing on behalf of the owners, also act substitute tax for tax payment. From 2024 Airbnb holds out of the hosts from 21%tax with the remuneration of hosts. After closing the dispute with the Revenue Agency (the platform paid 576 million euros for the years from 2017 to 2021). Examples of non -professional hosts include those who are not equipped with a VAT number and which lease less than 5 accommodation. The owners of the properties was asked, in January 2024, to indicate whether to be subject to the withholding of 21% or not. The Meloni government has changed the rule that now applies the 21% dry coupon now Only when the taxpayer rents only one home (if the houses are 2 to 4 the rate rises for each house rented to 26%, above this number is not applicable).

The obligation to communicate guests to the police headquarters

The obligation to communicate guests to the police headquarters is then essential. It is a necessity to prevent risks for order and public safety in relation to the possible housing of dangerous people or linked to criminal or terrorist organizations. The data relating to the generality of the people housed must be communicated through The « web -house » system Within 24 hours following the arrival of the guests, while for stays not exceeding 24 hours, communication must take place within the following six hours. In case of violation, the sanction provides for up to 3 months or a fine of up to 206 euros (here the complete guide).