Air Travel Tax if you try to leave the country?

[Sandytoes]

Air passengers will be hit by a new air travel tax to be levied on all passengers leaving the country from main airports.

 

http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/oct/12/budget-2009-high-earners-to-be-hit-by-tax-increase/

 

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/budget-2009/the-measures/no-escape-passengers-face-travel-tax-if--they-want-to-leave-country-1498930.html

[DanJ]

Just for clarification purposes, this is for Ireland.

[Shorex]

But isn't Ireland the only "country" referred to in these articles? Important news for Ireland residents and other travelers who initiate international flights from there, but still it is vital to specify which "country" is levying the new tax.

[hdawson]

The good news for Ireland is that their corporate tax is only 11% compared to the US where it's about 35% (and probably moving higher in the near future) and we wonder why companies leave the US.

[Globaliser]

Air passengers will be hit by a new air travel tax to be levied on all passengers leaving the country from main airports.

Well, big deal. Many countries have this, or something like it.

 

If you leave the UK, our similar tax is £10 to European destinations, £40 to other destinations; double if not flying economy. These rates have been in place since February 2007; the tax has been around for much, much longer.

[scottbee]

The good news for Ireland is that their corporate tax is only 11% compared to the US where it's about 35% (and probably moving higher in the near future) and we wonder why companies leave the US.

 

Yes, it allows companies to set up 'fake' holding companies in Ireland, and claim they earned it there. I believe a multi-national drug company just got nailed with a $2.4billion tax bill from the IRS for this activity.