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> airplane fuel is subsidized, Airplane fuel is subsidized? I thought it was taxed in the US.
by xnx 1y ago
> airplane fuel is subsidized,
Airplane fuel is subsidized? I thought it was taxed in the US.
- orwin 1y agoNo, you even have an international treaty enforced by the US that prevent taxes on jet fuel.
- xnx 1y agoIs this page wrong? "U.S. Government-Imposed Taxes on Air Transportation" https://www.airlines.org/dataset/government-imposed-taxes-on-air-transportation/ https://www.airlines.org/dataset/government-imposed-taxes-on...
- orwin 1y agoNo, i was. Jet fuel is exempt from taxes for trips between US and Europe+UK because of a bilateral agreement. Those agreements are signed country per country, and could be changed of one partner insisted on it. I was lied to, did not do my research, then lied to everyone here instead, sorry.