Next week’s UK budget and APD/airline fuel surcharges

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1 Jul 2015
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openfly
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Looks as though the Chancellor is going to address UK APD and UK airline fuel surcharges. Fingers crossed!!

1 Jul 2015
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PeterCoultas
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openfly – toes as well please

1 Jul 2015
at 20:18

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openfly
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……and other things! 🙂

1 Jul 2015
at 20:23

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ImissConcorde
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APD doubled to pay for Heathrow expansion!

1 Jul 2015
at 20:23

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canucklad
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Somehow or another, it will be a reactionary fix, to minimise the loss of APD taxation powers to Holyrood …… One thing for sure, if it’s reduced, we will end up paying more for something else.

And if it’s reduced, I’d have to ask he bigger moral question……. This government was elected on the premise that they would actively reduce the deficit! Are they going to do this by punishing the most vulnerable, those souls that didn’t vote for them?

2 Jul 2015
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AMcWhirter
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One wonders whether the govt might seek to impose VAT on domestic travel, especially by air.

Some other European countries even have VAT on rail fares (although usually at a lower rate than our standard 20 per cent) and the govt must be aware of this.

In Germany, there are both high and low VAT rates on rail travel.

The lower rate applies to local trains but long distance trains attract (info was correct at the time I wrote the piece) VAT of 19 per cent.

http://www.businesstraveller.com/ask-alex/2014/paying-19-percent-vat-on-a-european-train-ticket

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