Car Rental Costs Going Up March 1st

Annexation Mobile Regional Airport Mobile's latest annexation means car rental rates will go up starting March 1st. Last month the City Council voted unanimously to annex all of the Mobile Regional Airport's land extending the city limits west to Snow Road.

by Jamie Burch

Published: Wed, February 13, 2008 - 4:13 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, August 15, 2008 - 2:55 pm CST

Mobile's latest annexation means car rental rates will go up starting March 1st.
Last month, the City Council voted unanimously to annex all of the Mobile Regional Airport's land, extending the city limits west to Snow Road.
The higher city sales tax takes effect March 1. The sales tax rate for businesses on airport property will increase from 7.5 percent to 9 percent, while the sales tax rate for businesses in the newest portions of the police jurisdiction -- which stretches three miles beyond the airport -- will rise from 5.5 percent to 7.5 percent.
City officials estimate the city will receive an extra $1 million a year from the sales tax bump at the airport.
If businesses have any questions, please contact the City of Mobile .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 251.208.7462.

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jrfstone Says:

Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:25 pm

Most fares will not increase. Only sales that occur on airport property are subject to this increase. Fares that you buy online will not change as a result of this. Only counter-purchased fares will increase. The people that buy those are the one’s who really don’t care about a few dollars anyway.

The taxes essentially apply only to rental cars and concessions.

asda Says:

Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 4:53 pm

oops ..........I meant to say this makes great sense to make the airline tickets even higher than they are already…... Great way to promote Tourism .........Another Win for Sam Jones .......Can not wait until the next election

asda Says:

Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 4:25 pm

This great make the airline tickets even higher than they are already….........I fly out of town at least once a week for 2 to 3 days at a time…... I will only fly out of Gulfport or Pensacola because of how expensive Mobile is