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• Avis Purchase of Zipcar for $500 Million
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Avis Purchase of Zipcar for $500 Million
Gil Cygler
CEO
All Car Rent A Car and Carpingo CarShare
"We at All Car and Carpingo hope the acquisition of Zipcar by Avis will be a benefit for consumers and allow consumers to choose from New York's local car-share providers. This has not been possible with Zipcar's monopoly of parking spaces in New York City. Just as consumers have choice at an airport car rental concession, they should have the ability to choose from among the car-share companies operating in New York City, which include Carpingo, Hertz and Enterprise. The consumer loses when Zipcar is the only car-share company found in 99 percent of New York City parking garages."
Cygler serves on the board of the American Car Rental Association and was named 2012 Executive of the Year. He heads the largest independent car rental company in New York City, All Car Rent A Car, established over 30 years ago. In August 2012, he founded Carpingo, New York City's first hometown car-share company. Cygler can speak to the impact of the Avis acquisition of Zipcar on: the car rental industry as a whole, the growing car-share industry, the general business economy, and the transportation industry in the greater New York region.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/gilcygler
Website: http://www.allcarrentacar.com and http://www.carpingo.com
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Watch Out for Bad Tax Advice
Lawrence Brown
Tax Litigator
Brown PC in Fort Worth
"As consumers begin preparing for their end-of-year tax deductions and 2012 filings, the IRS is preparing a new round of audits and undercover visits to potentially shady tax preparers. The government is actively looking for tax advisors who cross the line by claiming false deductions or understating income for their clients. There are more federal requirements and more leverage than ever to identify and prosecute preparers, but consumers also can face financial penalties and payments for authorizing a fraudulent return. One step to help avoid problems is to make sure the person who prepares and signs your return has an IRS identification number, which is now mandatory. And if your tax advisor is suggesting a deduction that seems fishy to you, take your business elsewhere."
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