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The car rental company urges for-profit car-sharing operators to join the broad-based coalition against discriminatory car rental excise taxes.
Read More →The DMV rule states that motor vehicle renters should collect 10 percent rental tax on items such as parking tickets, delivery charges, pickup charges, recovery charges, pass through charges, transportation charges and third party service charges, because DMV considers these items to be part of the gross proceeds from the rental.
Read More →Enterprise Rent-A-Car has announced a special rate for families and individuals renting cars and traveling for weekend getaways. Starting from $9.99 per day, the offer runs through May 24, 2011, at participating neighborhood locations.
Read More →Travel by automobile continues to be dominant mode of transportation as AAA expects more emergency roadside assistance calls than any other summer holiday.
Read More →H.R. 4175 prohibits states or local governments from levying or collecting a discriminatory tax on motor vehicle rentals.
Read More →The American Automotive Policy Council, a representative of the Detroit Three, said it supports H.R. 4175, “The End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act,” which would prohibit state and local governments from enacting future discriminatory taxes on rental vehicles.
Read More →The National Business Travel Association’s Executive Director and COO Michael W. McCormick says excise taxes hurt business travelers and local economies in his written testimony prepared for Tuesday's hearing on H.R. 4175, the “End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2009.”
Read More →The $6 to $8 fee increase would go toward funding a consolidated rental car center at O-Hare International Airport. The fee, which could be imposed in the next two months, would be in addition to a $2.75 flat fee and an 8 percent tax already accessed on O'Hare vehicle rentals.
Read More →The low-fare carrier said it won’t require any public assistance, which allows the state’s lawmakers to drop the proposed 5 percent car rental fee. Southwest will receive the Charleston County Aviation Authority’s startup package, which includes a temporary waiver of landing fees, up to $10,000 in marketing assistance and up to $150,000 in startup costs.
Read More →As part of a new bill, the rental car tax will help fund a $791 million multipurpose stadium, which would replace the Metrodome in Minnesota.
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