Air Travel

Question:

We have non-profit group (we have a tax exempt certificate) that will be traveling this summer. Continental quoted us a rate before taxes, but the person I spoke to did not seem to know much about tax exemption (she said tax exempt is for income tax, not flying). I would assume we will have to pay pfc’s, but are there any other taxes that we will not have to pay ? Thanks

Response:

> We have non-profit group (we have a tax exempt certificate) that will be > traveling this summer. Continental quoted us a rate before taxes, but the > person I spoke to did not seem to know much about tax exemption (she said > tax exempt is for income tax, not flying). I would assume we will have to > pay pfc’s, but are there any other taxes that we will not have to pay ?

I’m no expert on US taxation, but my understanding is as follows: – Air travel is exempt from UK VAT (the equivalent of sales tax) and I believe is exempt from sales tax in the US – The "taxes" the CO reservations rep spoke about are taxes and PFCs imposed by airports, and by governments.  I don’t know where you’re flying from or to, but as an examply the UK Government levy a variable departure tax of