"This book is a tax guide for short-term rental hosts who rent through services such as Airbnb, FlipKey, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, Craigslist, and VRBO. Short-term rental hosts are entitled to many valuable tax deductions and other tax benefits. This book shows how to pay no more tax than necessary on short-term rental income while complying with IRS rules. This book discusses vacation home and tax-free rental rules, what deductions should be taken, how to report short-term rental income, how to deduct losses, how to allocate costs when renting a room in a home, and how to keep proper records"-- Provided by publisher.