The income Luis earns from his Airbnb rental is paid in dollars into a digital account on US payment platform Payoneer, he said.
Argentine hosts on Airbnb can receive payments to a local or overseas bank account as well as Payoneer and Paypal, options on one host's account reviewed by Reuters showed and Airbnb confirmed.
Airbnb told Reuters in a statement that guidance published on its website advised hosts to register their short-term rental properties with Argentine authorities.
Argentine tax authority AFIP said that it "always encourages people to declare" income.
The Buenos Aires tourism department told Reuters, however, that just 570 properties were listed on the city's register of short-term rentals in June.
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