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* USA - Appeals court sides with Ala. on railroad tax suit
The court also noted that trucking companies pay other taxes on fuel that railroads don't pay
Montgomery,Ala,USA -Associated Press/The Houston Chronicle, by PHILLIP RAWLS -Dec. 12, 2008: -- A federal appeals court has sided with Alabama in a lawsuit filed by Norfolk Southern Railway Co. that could have wiped out several million dollars in taxes that support public education... Norfolk Southern claimed the state's 4 percent sales and use tax on diesel fuel used by railroads is discriminatory because the railroads' competition, the trucking industry, doesn't pay the same tax... But in a 3-0 decision Thursday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the sales and use tax is not discriminatory because it does not single out railroads. The court also noted that trucking companies pay other taxes on fuel that railroads don't pay...
* Canada - OTA calls for tax holiday, new truck incentives for 2009 budget
Toronto,ONT -Today's Trucking -12 Dec 2008: -- A economic stimulus package to cure Ontario's ailing economy needs to include both infrastructure spending as well as incentives that would help truckers investing on new equipment again... That's the advice Ontario Trucking Association President David Bradley gave to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance this week... Bradley says he recognizes the government is facing demands from many sectors seeking inclusion in a stimulus package, but considering trucking's role in building the economy and the number of Ontarians employed in the industry, Queen's Park needs to account for trucking in it's plans, says the OTA boss... But since Ontario does not appear willing to move on harmonization with the GST at this time, and since stimulus is needed now, Bradley called for a temporary exemption-rebate from the Provincial Sales Tax/Multi-Jurisdictional Vehicle Tax for the purchase of new tractors, trailers and fuel efficiency technologies and devices such as auxiliary power units, wide-base low rolling resistant tires, and aerodynamic fairings in the Province of Ontario... (Photo: OTA says its envirotruck can be a curative for an ailing trucking sector )Labels: fees and taxes
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