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Fox Business | Business News & Stock Quotes - Saving & Investin… @foxbusiness.com.web.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Airbnb deploys anti-party technology ahead of July 4 weekend, redirecting over 20,000 people from higher-risk entire home bookings last year.

<p>Airbnb is rolling out its anti-party technology ahead of the <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/fourth-of-july" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">July 4</a> weekend to address the risk of disruptive parties in communities around the country on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.</p><p>The company said its anti-party tech looks at a range of factors to help identify attempted bookings of entire home listings that could pose a higher risk for an unauthorized party and redirects those guests to alternative accommodations.</p><p>Guests who are redirected from booking an entire home can instead book private room listings and hotels on the <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/travel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Airbnb platform</a>.</p><p>"This is the fifth year in a row we've run these defenses for July 4, and last year they redirected more than 20,000 people from higher-risk bookings over the holiday weekend," said Rog Kaiser, vice president of fraud and safety operations at Airbnb.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/airbnb-launches-major-expansion-airport-pickups-luggage-storage-ai-powered-travel-tools" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>AIRBNB LAUNCHES MAJOR EXPANSION WITH AIRPORT PICKUPS, LUGGAGE STORAGE AND AI-POWERED TRAVEL TOOLS</strong></a></p><p>"That kind of capability – improved year over year – is what it takes to help make the holiday great for our hosts, guests and the communities around them," Kaiser added.</p><p>Airbnb said that in 2025, its <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/lifestyle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">anti-party tech</a> helped block or redirect over 20,000 people from booking entire home listings in the U.S. over the July 4 weekend, noting that it has made improvements to the technology.</p><p>That figure included about 3,100 people in <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/fox-news-florida" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Florida</a>, another 3,100 people in Texas and about 2,500 people in California.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/bank-america-cardholders-can-visit-250-museums-free-july-4-weekend" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>BANK OF AMERICA CARDHOLDERS CAN VISIT 250 MUSEUMS FREE DURING JULY 4 WEEKEND</strong></a></p><p>The company explained that these anti-party measures are part of a broader suite of tools it uses to promote responsible travel and work in concert with its <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/tech" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">global reservation screening</a> technology, which uses machine learning to mitigate higher-risk bookings year round.</p><p>Additionally, Airbnb's announcement warned parents, grandparents and other adults about the platform's policies restricting them from booking accommodations for minors.</p><p>The company's rules specifically prohibit minors under the age of 18 from having Airbnb accounts, and adult account holders are prohibited from booking a stay for a minor unless the adult will be present for the entire trip.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/airbnb-apologizes-superhost-allegedly-ai-doctored-photos-claim-16k-fake-damages" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>AIRBNB APOLOGIZES AFTER 'SUPERHOST' ALLEGEDLY USED AI-DOCTORED PHOTOS TO CLAIM $16K IN FAKE DAMAGES</strong></a></p><p>Violations of those policies could result in the loss of an Airbnb account – including the cancellation of upcoming trips that had been booked – and violators may face financial liability for any property damage that occurs during a stay.</p><p>Account holders may also face liability if <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/fox-news-police-and-law-enforcement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">law enforcement</a> becomes involved following a disruptive party.</p><p>"These efforts reflect our ongoing commitment to help reduce the risk of disruptive parties, and we are seeing positive results," the company said in its announcement. "In 2025, fewer than 0.06% of stays on Airbnb in the U.S. resulted in a report of a party to us."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/apps-products" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE</strong></a></p><p>Airbnb's announcement also noted it has several tools available to neighborhood residents, hosts, guests and law enforcement to address unauthorized parties at its listings, including:</p>

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Fox Business | Business News & Stock Quotes - Saving & Investin… @foxbusiness.com.web.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

Tax refund delays hit multiple states as New York, Idaho, Oregon, South Carolina and Washington, D.C., grapple with software issues from federal changes.

<p>Taxpayers in several states may face delays in receiving their <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/taxes?page=2" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>tax refunds</u></a> this filing season amid changes in tax policies as well as the processes for filing returns.</p><p>Tax refunds are issued to taxpayers when the amount of taxes they paid over the course of the year is greater than the amount of liability based on their return after deductions or credits are applied. Refunds are issued by the <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/irs" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>IRS</u></a> at the federal level, while state revenue agencies distribute refunds based on their policies.</p><p>This tax season's refunds have been larger following the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) at the federal level, which extended lower tax rates that were set to expire and also created new deductions that required the IRS and Treasury Department to implement new rules for handling them.</p><p>Several states have informed taxpayers that their state-level tax refunds may be delayed this tax season for a variety of reasons, including the need to update tax forms and systems to account for OBBBA's changes at the federal level. Many taxpayers rely on the financial boost of a tax refund check to help shore up household budgets or for special expenses.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/how-avoid-tax-scams-filing-season" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>HOW TO AVOID TAX SCAMS THIS FILING SEASON</u></strong></a></p><p>Taxpayers in New York who filed early this tax season may face processing delays due to the timing of software updates that were installed in early February, which could leave some taxpayers in a "processing loop" according to a <a href="https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/2026-state-tax-refund-delays" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>report by Kiplinger</u></a>. </p><p>Federal tax policy shifts and the state of <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/fox-news-new-york" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>New York's</u></a> inflation refund checks that were disbursed late last year may not have been accounted for prior to the software update.</p><p>Idaho's budget office announced last month that tax refunds may be delayed up to six weeks this filing season due to several factors. </p><p>The agency noted that <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/fox-news-idaho" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>Idaho</u></a> cut the budgets of most state agencies in the last two years, which has left the state government with fewer temporary workers who can assist with processing tax returns. Idaho also enacted a law last month that retroactively added similar tax breaks from OBBBA to the state tax code, including the deductions for tipped income and interest on new car loans.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/americans-see-bigger-tax-refunds-so-far-year-filing-season-begins-slower-pace" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>AMERICANS SEE BIGGER TAX REFUNDS SO FAR THIS YEAR AS FILING SEASON BEGINS AT A SLOWER PACE</u></strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/fox-news-oregon" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>Oregon</u></a> announced that taxpayers who filed paper returns won't see their refunds until early April because the state Department of Revenue won't begin processing paper returns until that latter part of this month.</p><p>The agency said there was a delay in receiving tax forms from the IRS that pertained to tax law changes under OBBBA, while it also adopted some of the law's policies at the state level, such as a larger standard deduction and a deduction for overtime pay.</p><p>Those changes have prompted changes to tax forms and the agency's tax return processing systems for paper returns. Oregon's Department of Revenue is encouraging taxpayers to file electronically this season to avoid delays.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/heres-when-taxpayers-get-refunds" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>HERE'S WHEN TAXPAYERS WILL GET THEIR REFUNDS</u></strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/fox-news-south-carolina" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>South Carolina</u></a> taxpayers are facing complications after the legislature didn't update some of its state-level tax provisions to account for the OBBBA, meaning some federal provisions are accounted for at the state level. </p><p>The discrepancy created issues with tax software programs trying to correctly calculate manual "add backs" of federal tax breaks on returns, which led to delays and may require some filers to submit an amended return.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/apps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE</u></strong></a></p><p>Taxpayers in the <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/fox-news-washington-dc" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>District of Columbia</u></a> may face refund delays due to Congress overturning a D.C. tax law that had created a divergence from OBBBA provisions in federal law. Those changes prompted a software update in February, which could require some filers to re-file their returns after forms have been revised.</p>

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