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|bill_title = Resolution Urging Congress to Eliminate Discriminatory State and Local Taxes on Automobile Renters | |||
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|date_finalized = July 24, 2015 | |||
|date_amended = September 4, 2015 | |||
|date_accessed = May 3, 2018 | |||
|type = Model Policy | |||
|status = Final | |||
|task_forces = Tax and Fiscal Policy | |||
|keywords = Tax Reform, Automobile Renters | |||
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<h1>Resolution Urging Congress to Eliminate Discriminatory State and Local Taxes on Automobile Renters</h1> | |||
<p><strong><em>Summary</em></strong></p> | |||
Summary | <p>This resolution encourages Congress to eliminate discriminatory State and Local Taxes on automobile renters.</p> | ||
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This resolution encourages Congress to eliminate discriminatory State and Local Taxes on automobile renters | <p><strong><em>Model Resolution</em></strong></p> | ||
<p><strong>WHEREAS, </strong>since 1976, 43 states and the District of Columbia have enacted more than 100 car rental excise taxes, which are beyond typical sales taxes, resulting in car rental customers paying more than $7.5 billion since 1990; and</p> | |||
<p><strong>WHEREAS, </strong>the National League of Cities in its May 2006 publication of TAXING PROBLEMS: Municipalities and America’s Flawed System of Public Finance recognized this unfair taxing burden on specific economic sectors and among its suggested solutions stated that “Governments should impose equitable and fair revenue burdens on individuals, corporations, communities, sectors, income classes and generations”; and</p> | |||
Model Resolution | <p><strong>WHEREAS, </strong>the revenues from the vast majority of these taxes have gone to pay for unrelated projects such as sports stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, art museums, police and fire stations and public transportation; and</p> | ||
<p><strong>WHEREAS, </strong>state and local officials have rationalized these excise taxes because they believe the majority of these taxes will be paid by out-of-towners, thereby intentionally interfering with interstate commerce; and</p> | |||
WHEREAS, since 1976, | <p><strong>WHEREAS, </strong>Congress has the constitutional power to regulate commerce among the states and has given protection to industries that are a part of interstate commerce – such as railroads, airlines, trucking and buses – from state and local governments that wished to discriminately tax those industries; and</p> | ||
<p><strong>WHEREAS, </strong>there is a growing coalition – the Curb Automobile Rental Taxes (CART) Coalition. The coalition consists of Alamo Rent A Car, the American Car Rental Association, American Society of Travel Agents, Americans for Tax Reform, Avis Rent-A-Car, Budget Rent-A-Car, Dollar Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, The Hertz Corporation, National Car Rental, Global Business Travel Association, National Consumers League, National Urban League, , US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the US Pan-Asian Chamber of Commerce, Thrifty Car Rental, and Truck Renting and Leasing Association; and</p> | |||
WHEREAS, the National League of Cities in its May 2006 publication of TAXING PROBLEMS: Municipalities and America’s Flawed System of Public Finance recognized this unfair taxing burden on specific economic sectors and among its suggested solutions stated that “Governments should impose equitable and fair revenue burdens on individuals, corporations, communities, sectors, income classes and generations”; and | <p><strong>NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, </strong>that <strong>{insert state}</strong> urges Congress to end discriminatory excise taxes on all car renters.</p> | ||
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WHEREAS, the revenues from the vast majority of these taxes have gone to pay for unrelated projects such as sports stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, art museums, police and fire stations and public transportation; and | <p><em>Approved by ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at the ALEC Annual Meeting on Thursday July 23, 2015 and Friday, July 24, 2015. Approved by ALEC Board of Directors on September 4, 2015.</em></p> | ||
WHEREAS, state and local officials have rationalized these excise taxes because they believe the majority of these taxes will be paid by out-of-towners, thereby | |||
WHEREAS, Congress has the constitutional power to regulate commerce among the states and has given protection to industries that are a part of interstate commerce – such as railroads, airlines, trucking and buses – from state and local governments that wished to discriminately tax those industries; and | |||
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| Bill Title | Resolution Urging Congress to Eliminate Discriminatory State and Local Taxes on Automobile Renters |
| Date Finalized | July 24, 2015 |
| Date Amended | September 4, 2015 |
| Date Accessed | May 3, 2018 |
| Type | Model Policy |
| Status | Final |
| Task Forces | Tax and Fiscal Policy |
| Keywords | Tax Reform, Automobile Renters |
Resolution Urging Congress to Eliminate Discriminatory State and Local Taxes on Automobile Renters
Summary
This resolution encourages Congress to eliminate discriminatory State and Local Taxes on automobile renters.
Model Resolution
WHEREAS, since 1976, 43 states and the District of Columbia have enacted more than 100 car rental excise taxes, which are beyond typical sales taxes, resulting in car rental customers paying more than $7.5 billion since 1990; and
WHEREAS, the National League of Cities in its May 2006 publication of TAXING PROBLEMS: Municipalities and America’s Flawed System of Public Finance recognized this unfair taxing burden on specific economic sectors and among its suggested solutions stated that “Governments should impose equitable and fair revenue burdens on individuals, corporations, communities, sectors, income classes and generations”; and
WHEREAS, the revenues from the vast majority of these taxes have gone to pay for unrelated projects such as sports stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, art museums, police and fire stations and public transportation; and
WHEREAS, state and local officials have rationalized these excise taxes because they believe the majority of these taxes will be paid by out-of-towners, thereby intentionally interfering with interstate commerce; and
WHEREAS, Congress has the constitutional power to regulate commerce among the states and has given protection to industries that are a part of interstate commerce – such as railroads, airlines, trucking and buses – from state and local governments that wished to discriminately tax those industries; and
WHEREAS, there is a growing coalition – the Curb Automobile Rental Taxes (CART) Coalition. The coalition consists of Alamo Rent A Car, the American Car Rental Association, American Society of Travel Agents, Americans for Tax Reform, Avis Rent-A-Car, Budget Rent-A-Car, Dollar Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, The Hertz Corporation, National Car Rental, Global Business Travel Association, National Consumers League, National Urban League, , US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the US Pan-Asian Chamber of Commerce, Thrifty Car Rental, and Truck Renting and Leasing Association; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that {insert state} urges Congress to end discriminatory excise taxes on all car renters.
Approved by ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at the ALEC Annual Meeting on Thursday July 23, 2015 and Friday, July 24, 2015. Approved by ALEC Board of Directors on September 4, 2015.