Taxi and ride-hailing companies may face a new $.50 tax per trip, under a regional transit bill in the Georgia legislature. And some in the industry are supportive.
The bill in the Georgia House from Rep. Kevin Tanner would create the new fee to help fund a regional transit system.
Taxi and limousine welcome the fee because it would replace a sales tax that they say is unfair. While many of their companies pay the 9 percent sales tax, their competitors — Uber and Lyft — don’t.
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