Certainly, removing already existing excise taxes would have been preferable, he says. But the auto

It s a question elected representatives are likely to take up soon, as they consider walt disney world resorts and tickets the End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2009 . The law, which is backed by car rental companies, would limit the excise taxes a municipality can impose on rental walt disney world resorts and tickets cars.
I do not enjoy paying outrageous taxes for some billionaire walt disney world resorts and tickets to get a free stadium, says Ted Clopton, a frequent car renter who responded to the survey. Let those who attend the games pay for it in higher ticket prices. I think consumers should pay for what they use.
Certainly, removing already existing excise taxes would have been preferable, he says. But the auto rental industry will be satisfied that, with the passage of this bill, all new discriminatory taxes moving forward would be prohibited from being heaped on auto rental customers.
We don't need the federal government controlling any more aspects of our lives. These cities will eventually realize that the convention and vacation traffic will go somewhere else if they get too oppressive with their taxes, said one commenter.
It looks as if we ll have an answer to this question soon. The car rental industry walt disney world resorts and tickets is stepping up its efforts to get the End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act passed later this year.
I am all for these particular taxes going away as they can sometimes add up to as much as the daily rate (if one is renting economy or compact class). Add to that it is a form of taxation without representation as the tax is being applied in most cases to those who have no opportunity to vote for or against it. Especially given that most renters walt disney world resorts and tickets are from places far away from the rental location.
I hate these taxes. Miami and Broward FL does this, and Jeff. Co AL where I rent cars frequently. I think it is a rotten way to treat visitors to your State or city. Right off the flight I am hit with an 8% tax or Airport user fee. It stinks.
Naturally the renters on the side of the car companies.. no mystery there.. to a point, they d be on ANY side where it resulted in lower costs so whose side it is, is to a point, immaterial, walt disney world resorts and tickets it s an economic position.
While I do dislike the taxes and do feel that they are used as a way to tax those who cannot (in most cases vote), I DO also have some concerns about allowing the federal government to step in and being to control and dictate what can and cannot be taxed and to what extent.
If you really want to look at it, almost any tax that a visitor walt disney world resorts and tickets pays be that sales taxes on goods bought and exported with them, etc. are all taxes imposed walt disney world resorts and tickets without the right of representation. So, the notion that it s only car taxes just isn t a true picture but I get the base argument..
But by contrast, that same argument can be made literally any time a person goes outside his/her home city/county/state and incurs walt disney world resorts and tickets taxes.. If I pay a county sales tax but cannot vote on county walt disney world resorts and tickets measures is this any less right or wrong than a out-of-stater paying car rental taxes?
This goes too far. I strongly dislike the piling-on of municipal taxes, but I d assert this kind of Congressional interference violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the Constitution. It s really hard to argue municipal taxes are consistent with the (interstate) Commerce clause. We need to stop looking to the Federal Government walt disney world resorts and tickets to solve all our problems.
Is there an example in American history where a government entity has acted to limit taxes? It s pretty much up, up and away, particularly in this era when government workers are concerned about the viability of their pension plans.
I would like to see the Federal government go BEYOND this let s see them enact some laws that will put a stop to these fake car-damage SCAMS that the rental agencies are perpetrating! Make it a law that they can t just bill someone for damage that could have happened before or after the renter had the car that they must provide proof that the car was damaged while in the renter s possession. And outlaw the practice of rental agencies dumping huge engine-repair charges on renters when the car they rented malfunctions because the agency walt disney world resorts and tickets didn t perform appropriate maintenance on it.
It s now at the point where I will do everything walt disney world resorts and tickets I can to avoid renting a car, because it s just too fraught with danger of getting huge amounts of money swiped from my wallet through undisclosed taxes and fees, and unfair damage claims.
walt disney world resorts and tickets I don t like these taxes any more than anybody else, but there s a big, BIG problem here. If you re talking about an airport facility charge that s arbitrarily added on by an unaccountable, unelected airport authority, that s one thing. But in many cases, these additional hotel and car rental taxes that are being used to fund (admitted boondoggles) like sports stadiums and convention centers were VOTED on by the citizens in that city, county, or state. Whether you like these taxes or not, the bottom line is, the federal government has no business sticking their nose in financial matters that were approved by state or local voters. That is a slippery slope you don t want to get on. What s next, the ability of Congress to have veto power over ANY state or local tax that some lobbyist walt disney world resorts and tickets considers unfair to their industry? Do you really want to invite federal oversight of your county vehicle registration fee because the auto dealers ask Congress to ban them because walt disney world resorts and tickets they re hurting auto sales? And like Flyer said, you can make the same argument about sales taxes. When I visit Colorado, for example, I didn t have the opportunity to vote on the sales tax that s charged on any purchases I make. Should the federales have the right to regulate those, too?
If the car rental industry walt disney world resorts and tickets doesn t like these taxes, they have choices. There s nothing stopping walt disney world resorts and tickets them from campaigning against special tax elections to defeat them locally. The measure in Dallas to raise the hotel tax to pay for the American Airlines Center stadium barely passed; if the hotels cared enough to put up a strong campaign against it, it probably would have failed. The convention industry (and regular travelers) also have choices here. They can avoid areas that pile on the taxes, and if you re renting a car, you can always head to an off-airport location where many of the taxes are inapplicable (and the base rates are often lower to boot).
@Flyer you wrote: But by contrast, that same argument can be made literally any time a person goes outside his/her home city/county/state and incurs taxes.. If I pay a county sales tax but cannot vote on county measures is this any less right or wrong than a out-of-stater paying car rental taxes?
The difference is that sales taxes etc. are voted on by a populace that knows they will be impacted by the taxes so there is a motivation to keep them reasonable. Taxes imposed ONLY on people visiting an area are simply unfair they are voted in by people who will not be subject to the tax, but will receive all of the benefit. That is TRUE taxation without representation. There is no motivation for voters to limit these taxes, since they won t have to pay them. That s what keeps taxes limited: voters provide the balance between what they are willing to pay in taxes, based on the benefit they will bring them. With these car rental taxes, the balance isn t there none of the people who will have to pay the taxes, have any say in them!
While I don t want the Federal government interfering in local taxes that impact me, I think they DO need to get involved in limiting the ability of a municipality to impose taxes that ONLY impact people who have no say in the matter. That IS something I want my Federal government to curtail.
Disagree.. When I pay any county or city taxes to a county or city to which I do not live ergo am not eligible to vote, this is the same.. taxation without representation.. What s the difference between city or county sales taxes paid by non-city or county resident versus car rental walt disney world resorts and tickets taxes paid by a non-resident? In the end, it s fundamentally the same taxing without the right to vote to it.
So, the out of town person who pays car rental taxes to fund stadiums etc. is, in my opinion, really no different that a person who travels outside of his/her city, county or even state and therefore pays sales/use taxes into the coffers of another public entity to which they have no voting power over nor will either gain any direct benefit from.
I see this as a purely state level decision and I am still loathe for the federal government to get further involved in State, County or City level taxation matters and exert any more legislation into such matters. Until such time as I can see that the matter truly transcends state lines thus becoming an interstate commerce matter, I continue to believe that the matter should walt disney world resorts and tickets remain within the States rights to manage and be held accountable for.
You both make excellent points. LeeAnne argues that this a taxation without representation because it is targetted at a group of people that are unlikely to be able to vote on the taxes. That is a fair point. I m sure a good number of car renters particularly at airport locations are from out of state. walt disney world resorts and tickets Perhaps that s why a megastate walt disney world resorts and tickets like California has very low car rental taxes since there is a ton on intrastate air travel.
One thought. There are numerous taxes which are voted on by people who are not directly affected. The most obvious one is property tax. It is levied solely on real estate owners. Is that tax similiarly unfair since renters don t pay it.
I respectfully disagree with your position. As an example, yes, someone who lives in Dallas isn t directly affected by the 10% hotel tax to pay for the AAC (much like I m not directly affected by Arlington s decision to raise their sales tax by 1/4 point to give Jerry Jones $350 million to build his grand palace to honor himself). BUT, it isn t entirely true to say there s no effect on the populations that vote for these taxes. You raise the hotel or car rental tax too much, you start