new hire car eco tax

zaax

zaax

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Palma.—Organisers claimed that at least 350 vehicles took part in yesterday's demonstration through the streets of Palma in protest against the Balearic government's new “eco tax” on rental cars which ranges from 3.5 euros to nine euros per vehicle per day.Representatives for the car hire and chauffeur sector from Minorca and Ibiza travelled to Majorca to voice their outrage over the new stealth tax which they fear will only damage the industry because it will push car rental rates up at a time when every one is watching their budgets. The President of Association of Balearic car Rental Agencies, Ramon Reus, said that he was very pleased with the turn out and hopefully it will make the government reconsider the stealth tax against which his industry has already presented 15 complaints.
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]But, Balearic government spokesperson Rafael Bosch, said that while nobody likes new taxes, the government has no intention of backing down and that the tax is going to be eventually introduced. “We know how much money can be raised from the levy and that will go towards helping to lift the Balearics out of the recession,” he claimed.
But, the car rental companies are not giving up in their fight to have the tax over ruled.

Also at
http://www.seemallorca.com/events/news/new-green-tax-for-car-rentals-in-mallorca.html

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couple of points

word on the street (ddi) is that hire companies which are legally registered off the island - ie all the big international ones - won't have to charge the tax

in perspective i paid around €3.50 a day to stay in barcelona recently and will do so again in a few weeks.
 
theibizasun

Autotasa
Another unpopular decision which has been taken by the PP run Govern has been the introduction of an ecological tax on rent a car fleets which, as has been reported on other occasions, would lead to the cost of renting a vehicle increasing by at least 5€ per day. Some fifty vehicles from the island joined a protest in Palma last Friday in an attempt to make the authorities change their minds about the legislation. The local delegate of the Association, Sonia Riera, commented that approximately 5,000 vehicles used for renting by enterprises in Ibiza have been registered in two separate towns in the Madrid Community, which has ensured considerable income previously due in road tax to the Town Halls on the Island will be paid elsewhere.
 
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