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Re: Let's tax car rentals instead
[Re: eskimo888]
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12/09/2016 08:24 AM
12/09/2016 08:24 AM
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While I think taxes/fees are getting out of hand and are often misused, hotels do the same things here and it was mentioned earlier.
Book any hotel/motel and there is often a bed/lodging tax that anyone staying there pays. This is in addition to sales tax and any other local taxes and often add up to 15% or more. We stayed in a hotel earlier this year in a large US city and in addition to the 15% tax there was also an additional tax of $5/night for state transportation projects. This is also done to fund sports stadiums and other projects.
Taxes are often about letting others foot the bill for goods/services they don't use.
Below is the approx. tax for a hotel room in Atlanta GA. 16% PLUS $5/night.
"Estimated Total Tax: 16% per room per night. Estimated Total Tax Amount (in addition to total percentage tax if applicable): 5.00 USD per room per night."
Not our island/country, not our laws. We can either choose to continue to go there and pay the new fees/taxes or or stop doing so. Personally, the high cost of airfare from anywhere other then the East coast will do more to hurt tourism than a $5 tax/fee or a 4% tax.
J.D.
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