Last week, alongside the publishing of this article on The Drive, NetChoice released a new policy note, examining the large handouts big rental car companies receive.
The note shows that car rental companies receive a national yearly total of over $3 billion in tax breaks.
The note also provides data showing how much rental car companies received in sales tax exemptions in 2016.
Unlike car rental companies, people who use apps like Turo to lease out their cars do not enjoy these tax breaks
Ignoring this multi-billion dollar tax break, car rental companies claim that peer-to-peer car sharing platforms like Turo are the same as car rental companies. Big car rental companies are using “level playing field” rhetoric to justify calls for stiff regulations onto peer-to-peer car platforms designed to skew in favor of big rental.
Read the full policy note here, and take a look at press coverage on its findings by Reason Magazine and The Drive.