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Unlike what the mass outrage here makes you believe, this is a reasonable exception. Because non-commercial flights (business and hobby) already pay local taxes
by t0mas88 5y ago
Unlike what the mass outrage here makes you believe, this is a reasonable exception. Because non-commercial flights (business and hobby) already pay local taxes like VAT and excise on the fuel.
The thing is that fuel commercial aviation is exempt from tax due to historic regulations. The EU is proposing to change that by taxing jet fuel for those users. So it makes total sense that they exclude those that already pay tax on their fuel from this new tax.
- hutzlibu 5y ago"So it makes total sense that they exclude those that already pay tax on their fuel from this new tax." How do the numbers compare?
- t0mas88 5y agoDiffers per country, especially excise can vary a lot. The proposal is for a minimum tax on jet fuel for commercial flights to still start at zero and then increase the minimum tax every year. So I'm expecting it to be below VAT + excise.
- pas 5y agoSo shouldn't they simply enumerate the exceptions that they want to remove instead?