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Rental Car Taxes

Shane Downey State & Local Government Relations Specialist NBTA. Rental Car Taxes. Budget Deficit Performing Arts Center Police Station Highway Construction Sewage Treatment Facility Culinary Institute Baseball Stadium. General Revenue Convention Center Domestic Security

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Rental Car Taxes

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  1. Shane Downey State & Local Government Relations Specialist NBTA Rental Car Taxes

  2. Budget Deficit Performing Arts Center Police Station Highway Construction Sewage Treatment Facility Culinary Institute Baseball Stadium General Revenue Convention Center Domestic Security Police Radios Basketball Arena Art Museum Fire Station What Do These Have in Common? RENTAL TAXES CAR RENTAL CONNECTION?

  3. Travel Costs Are Taking Off • Travel budgets are not that flexible • Additional costs such as taxes and fees on travel are a major concern • Fewer trips mean less business • Hurts American economy

  4. Rental Car Tax – Bad for Business Travelers • $5.9 Billion has been collected since 1990 • Affects Business and travel • Out of town • Locally

  5. Philadelphia, PA • 7% Philadelphia Sales Tax • 2% Philadelphia County Local Rental Tax • (to fund stadium projects) • $2 per day Pennsylvania Public Transportation Fee • (to fund transit projects) • 2% Pennsylvania Vehicle Rental Tax • Total: 11% tax on rentals plus $2 per day fee

  6. Impact on Cost? • Philadelphia Airport : 3 Day trip • Total Cost: $309.33 for a Hyundai Accent • State Rental Tax:$6.00 • Philadelphia Tax:$34 • If proposed $2 a day increase is enacted • $42 paid in tax

  7. Bad Tax Policy • Violate the Benefit Principle • Retaliatory • Regressive • Unreliable

  8. Expected To Worsen • Pattern of taxing travel services to pay for projects • In the past decade alone, the number of car rental excise taxes has almost doubled • Today there are 95 car rental excise taxes across 42 states and the District of Columbia

  9. An Alarming Trend

  10. Fighting Back • Broad Coalition of Stakeholders • Economic Impact Study • Media Tracking • Legislative Tracking • Coordinated Message • NBTA Website – car rental tax

  11. NBTA Successes • Florida • Defeated $2-a-day increase • Virginia • Pennsylvania?

  12. GREAT Program • Grass • Roots • Efforts • Affect • Travel • www.nbta.org/TravelTaxes/GREAT

  13. NBTA Legislative Action Center • Exciting Communications Tool • Send personal notes to your elected official • Congressional, State, and Local • Local media • http://capwiz.com/nbta

  14. Pennsylvania Action NEEDED • Contact your State Senator and Representative – Today! • http://capwiz.com/nbta/state/main/?state=PA&view=myofficials

  15. NBTA Political Action Committee • MISSION: Make the United States Congress not only pro-business travel but pro-NBTA • NBTAPAC is the only PAC that represents the business travel industry’s concerns • NBTAPAC affords the opportunity to educate Congress on NBTA issues

  16. Upcoming NBTAPAC Events • June 4: Washington, D.C. Legislative Summit – NBTAPAC Golf Tournament • July 23: Reception with featured speaker in Boston

  17. What’s Next? • JOIN GREAT • www.nbta.org/traveltaxes/GREAT • Contact your Representative • www.nbta.org or • http://capwiz.com/nbta/home • Donate to PAC • Shane Downey (703) 236-1131 sdowney@nbta.org

  18. Questions? THANK YOU!

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