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Tax when renting with Hertz points
« on: January 03, 2012, 07:17:45 PM »
Officially when you use Hertz gold plus points for a free rental, you are still responsible to pay the taxes. When you book online it will give you a total bill, which will be just the taxes.
When I rented recently in CA the total estimated charges were just $4, that being the tax and a vehicle licensing recovery fee.
When I picked up the car, they gave me a full detailed bill saying the total charges will be approx $42 (the would be total cost if not for the points) and it mentioned the savings would be deducted upon return. They also held $242 on my cc not $204.
When I returned the car, they only added tax after the coupon was applied, which means they only charged me tax on the VLRF of 37c so I ended up paying a total of 40c, not the $4 I was quoted when I made the reservation.
So, bottom line I did not pay tax on my free rental.

My question is, does this always happen everywhere?

I just booked a free car for a week at JFK and the estimated total is approx $84, am I going to get away with that (or at least most of it) like I did with my past free rental?

Thanks

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2012, 11:07:36 PM »
i never rented with points yet (i plan on some day using all my points for a nice big rental) but my guess would be YMMV at every location, just like many things by Hertz.

and btw your post belongs in the master thread

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2012, 11:11:34 PM »
I was debating putting it in the master thread, but i figured it should be a thread of its own.
I want to see what others' experiences were

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2012, 11:17:22 PM »
I was debating putting it in the master thread, but i figured it should be a thread of its own.
I want to see what others' experiences were
thats why there is the master thread! so that the forum doesnt get more clogged as it is with every second person opening new threads.
 and just fyi, ur prob have a better chance of ppl seeing ur question in the Master thread since there are many ppl that posted there and many ppl get notifications to their emails, on the other hand this thread will slip by some ppl as is happened to me in the past multiple times.

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2012, 12:28:15 AM »
but my guess would be YMMV at every location, just like many things by Hertz.
+1
IME It is not based on location but the guy at the desk some times they do it one way and some times the other, I had it go both ways at same location 

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2012, 12:34:14 AM »
Anything I can do to make sure I won't have to pay tax?

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2012, 09:59:18 AM »
+1
IME It is not based on location but the guy at the desk some times they do it one way and some times the other, I had it go both ways at same location
thanx for clarifying, thats actually what i meant.

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2012, 01:32:27 PM »
If I come to the car and see the contract is printed out saying the full (would be) cost of the rental and then it says coupon will be applied upon return (like what already happened to me as mentioned previously), can I be sure that they'll deduct the "coupon" before calculating tax and I won't end up paying any tax? or is it still possible for them to add the tax?

On that note, if I find the contract printed out with the coupon already applied, and they are charging me the full tax, would it work to go inside and ask them to reprint the contract without the coupon already applied? and make up some stupid reason why I need the contract to show full price?!

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2012, 12:53:59 AM »
I use points all the time in new york and not once did i ever pay tax
I'm talking park slope, Manhattan and JFK

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2012, 04:11:06 AM »
JFK YMMV

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2012, 12:35:48 PM »
just rented this week from jfk using points. estimate was 16 dollars tax bec they charged full day and then applied points when i returned so didnt end up paying anything

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2012, 10:40:14 PM »
UPDATE: When I got to my car in JFK that had the contract printed out just like I wanted, estimated total of approx $452 and when I returned it they charged me like 7c (for some reason the coupon left 6c and I got charged tax on that 6c bring the grand total to 7c)

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2012, 10:52:27 PM »
i rented with hertz points on the coney island location they didnt charge me the tax there although on my booking there was a charge for 60 something dollars but i never had to pay for it

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2012, 09:04:53 AM »
i rented with hertz points on the coney island location they didnt charge me the tax there although on my booking there was a charge for 60 something dollars but i never had to pay for it

+1..i had the same experience there last month..all i paid was for supplemental insurance..taxes were 'waived'

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2016, 03:05:28 PM »
Anyone had a recent hertz rental with points? Did they make u pay taxes?

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Re: Tax when renting with Hertz points
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2016, 03:16:52 PM »
No taxes. Just the airport pickup fee
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