Trevor taxes you more to fly

You will have to pay more tax to fly to international destinations from October 1 2009.

In the 2009 Budget Review, the South African National Treasury proposes increasing the international air passenger departure tax, currently at R120/passenger, to R150 to international destinations.

It will cost a little less to fly to Southern African Customs Union, with that figure set to increase from R60 to R80.

This tax, said National Treasury, was last raised in the 2005/2006 financial year.

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[Use our simple MoneywebTax calculator to work out your income tax deductions for 2009, as well as what you're currently taxed.]

[Also see our BUDGET 2009: Pocket tax guide]

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Trevor not so clever I think, the cleverer option would have been to reduce certain taxes (airport/transport, company, freight) there by stimulating that sector and attracting more volume. This approach worked for Indian Railways: . .more http://indiainteracts.com/columnist/2007/07/21/Tracking-the-Indian-Railways-turnaround-saga/ . .less by JP on February 11 2009, 15:53 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

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