by Sharon Faulkner | Mar 19, 2020 | Inside Track
Impact of Pandemic on Car Rental Industry You don’t need to hear it from ACRA – your business probably has been profoundly and negatively impacted over the last two to three weeks. Cancellations, no-shows, drastic declines in rentals – even lack of physical space to...
by Sharon Faulkner | Jan 9, 2020 | ACRA News, Policy
Over the past several years, new car rental business models – including so-called “peer-to-peer” or P2P car rentals companies – have entered the car rental market. ACRA’s position is that all companies renting vehicles to the public for profit (regardless of the...
by Sharon Faulkner | Dec 2, 2019 | Inside Track
From ACRA’s executive, legal and government relations staff! Federal Legislative Updates Car Rental Excise TaxesCongressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) signed on as a co- sponsor to the Cohen/Chabot car rental excise tax bill in the House – H.R. 4311. ACRA and its members and...
by admin | Oct 1, 2019 | Federal Laws, NHTSA
The laws and regulations governing mobility are inconsistent and antiquated and should be modernized to encourage innovation as we prepare for an autonomous car future. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) has concluded that Autonomous...
by Sharon Faulkner | Sep 13, 2019 | Federal Laws, News
Congressmen Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Steve Chabot (R-OH) introduced H.R. 4311, the “End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2019” on Thursday, September 12, 2019. ACRA and the other members of the Coalition Against Rental Taxes (CART) applaud...
by Sharon Faulkner | Sep 5, 2019 | Inside Track
2019 ACRA Government Affairs Conference – Don’t Miss It! Both ACRA regular and associate members owe it to yourselves, to your company, and to the industry to attend the 2019 ACRA Government Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C. from September 23 – 25, 2019. ...
by admin | Oct 14, 2018 | State Laws
ACRA is actively working to promote and support legislation at the state level that benefits our members and the auto rental industry as a whole. To highlight recent endorsements from ACRA, we share recent communications to five state legislatures: Idaho House Bill...
by admin | Oct 1, 2018 | ACRA News
The annual ACRA DC Legislative Conference, held on September 24, 25, and 26 was a resounding success. ACRA presented Congressman Steve Cohen with our ACRA Legislator of the Year award. From left to right, Rudy Callegari and William Harris from Edge Auto Rental,...
by admin | Aug 9, 2018 | State Laws
Illinois government should never pick sides in business matters. But, today, some are asking Gov. Bruce Rauner to take a wrong turn by favoring out-of-state special interests over businesses that employ thousands of Illinois residents and pay hundreds of millions of...
by admin | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
ACRA actively encourages P2P operators to join ACRA. Here’s why we think this is a good idea: Regulation is an unavoidable fact of life: any service that provides cars to consumers, whether called rental or sharing, and regardless of technology used or length of...
