Frequent British flyers to Mallorca facing new tax
UK government wants to cut aviation emissions
Regular visitors to Mallorca from the UK may be made to pay more. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma08/06/2024 10:02
British second home owners in Mallorca and regular visitors - frequent flyers - could be hit by a new tax. The idea has been knocking around for years, back in 2021 a government report concluded that a small minority of frequent flyers dominated air travel in almost all countries with high aviation emissions, analysis suggests.
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LoadsamoneyPrivate schools are a business so why should they exempt from VAT? Because most politicians send their kids there, that's the reason.
Nigel MaudeYeah, a lot Brits would like to live here most or all of the time, completely "under the radar". And lots of them used to be able to do that. But then, the corrupt communist EU screwed Brits by suddenly demanding that if they are going to live here, they have to register, get a useless foreign driving licence, and worse yet, pay taxes (and in a worthless, doomed foreign currency). I mean, we always knew they were nutjobs, but nobody ever saw that coming. Ridiculous. Good job we left that mess.
From the above article. "In the UK, 70% of flights are made by a wealthy 15% of the population, with 57% not flying abroad at all." What a load of absolute waffle. Flying 12 times a year now I see those who who fly, most are like me who bought/rented 20/30 years ago, and are living on an income of less than £30k. Humphrey, you certainly need to enter the real world, most of what I see at the airport are have trouble rubbing 2 nickels together, all on credit. However you tickled my chin and got a reaction. So far there do not seem to many "don't like it's", even from the regulars., and I would not rely on the Independent or Guardian any more than the Sun or Star.
The politics of envy, just like removing charitable status for private schools. Left wingers are such nasty horrible people.
If the Schengen 90/180 day rule was scrapped, then there would be less flights needed. Before I flew 6 times, now 12!