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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by bkbjones
Car rental tax is 18.5%, which is slightly less than 50%. If you rent it at the airport, you pay another 10% to 12% "airport concession fee." So...don't rent one at the airport.
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by Tim C
I live in a "boarder" community to Washington State.
All our craft employees that live on the Washington State side of the Columbia River are taxed, by Oregon, for every dollar they earn in this state.
I would rather review quickly this gentleman's "reason" for the tax. It appears rather obvious that he has based it as a "penalty tax" motivated by umpire performance.
As we all learned in basic polysci no tax that is established as a punishment is ever effective.
Every politician is looking for new revenue streams. Especially if those that are forced to pay them have no recourse at the ballot box.
Tee
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See "rental car" and "hotel" taxes for GREAT examples. Try renting a car in Seattle once -- the taxes are 50% of the rate.
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Sorry, I fly into SeaTac, I'm renting a car at SeaTac. Should I hitchhike to an off-airport Hertz location or something?
I can't believe you're saying I'm exaggerating by saying it's 50% by saying hey, it's only 30.5%. Does that sound any less criminal?
Why should Car Rental Tax be 18.5%? Then 12% airport rental tax, too? So I rent a car for a week and the base rate is $300 and the city gets $90 of this? Hey, build another freaking stadium while you're at it.
It's an EVIL tax for those of us who travel regularly. Cities should just stick their hands out when I fly in. I mean, look at the mayor's rationale in this article. At least he doesn't pretend:
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/new...l/12343512.htm
And the MOST expensive city I've ever seen was renting at IAH (Houston Intercontinental). There the taxes and fees are 70% of the rental cost according to a Travelocity survey done 2 years ago:
http://tinyurl.com/92fuh
--Rich
[Edited by Rich Fronheiser on Nov 4th, 2005 at 02:32 PM]
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Ummmm...I didn't say you were exaggerating.
And if I had to guess, I'd say the off-airport car rental companies, which regularly run their shuttles through the councourse, do far more business than the on-airport car rental companies.
And, yes, it's all robbery. I have been extorted in Houston at both Bush and Hobby...and at LAX, Orange County, Sacramento and many others.