What Is a Departure Tax?

^[1] Departure tax refers to the tax collected by an airline on behalf of the local government when a citizen of a country leaves the country to purchase an international ticket. Taxes for international air tickets are roughly divided into three types: departure tax, transit tax, entry tax, and other taxes for individual countries. For example, in the United States, in addition to the above-mentioned taxes, there are also customs use taxes, airport taxes, and animal and plant immunization inspection fees.

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^[1] Departure tax refers to the tax collected by an airline on behalf of the local government when a citizen of a country leaves the country to purchase an international ticket. Taxes for international air tickets are roughly divided into three types: departure tax, transit tax, entry tax, and other taxes for individual countries. For example, in the United States, in addition to the above-mentioned taxes, there are also customs use taxes, airport taxes, and animal and plant immunization inspection fees.

Chinese name

Departure tax

Concept

Refers to the tax collected by the airline on behalf of the local government when a citizen of a country purchases an international ticket

Classification

Departure tax, transit tax, entry tax

Subject

Taxology

Origin of the international flight ticket tax

Passengers who purchase international air tickets often ask, why do you have to pay taxes when purchasing air tickets? of course not. The tax that occurs when purchasing international tickets is the tax that the airline collects on behalf of the local government. Taxes for international air tickets are roughly divided into three types: departure tax, transit tax, entry tax, and other taxes for individual countries. For example, in the United States, in addition to the above-mentioned taxes, there are also customs use taxes, airport taxes, and animal and plant immunization inspection fees.

Of course, some countries do not charge taxes. Countries such as China and the Philippines do not charge taxes (Hong Kong requires taxes). So, if you go from China to Japan, there is no tax on one way, but there is tax on round trip; or if you have a one-way ticket from Japan to China, there is a tax. There is a departure tax. Taxes generally change based on the exchange rate at the time of ticket purchase, which is why the last flight ticket purchase has the same voyage but the tax is different. Of course, the difference is not large.

In some countries, some cities have taxes, and some cities do not. For example, Tokyo and Osaka in Japan have departure taxes, and Sapporo has no taxes.

Ticket departure tax is often involved in outbound tourism. For departures from China, direct flights are generally not subject to departure tax (for example, direct flights from Beijing to Bangkok, Thailand), and non-conventional direct flights on chartered flights have departure Tax (for example, charter flights from Wuhan to Bangkok, Thailand).