Holidaymakers paying over £261 on holiday tax when travelling abroad
Getty Britons are spending a whopping £261 on holiday tax before even heading abroad
Holidays can be expensive when booking a trip abroad with the family. New research by Taxpayers Alliance has found that the average Briton heading abroad now pays £68.71 in taxes. Yet a family of four heading to Florida could pay a whopping £261.27. Some of the taxes included are Air Passenger Duty (APD) and Insurance Premium Tax, the latter hitting £60 million in tax revenue per year, making the annual trip abroad that much more expensive.
British travellers are some of the worst when paying the most for APD in the world. Costing over £911 million per year, the cost of ticket taxes is the highest in the developed world. However, pre-holiday shopping was the worst offender for additional taxes being tacked on, adding up to £2.1 billion. The bill costs British travellers more than £3.1 billion in tax revenue per year.
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Getty Holiday tax has hit British travellers by £3.1 billion in just one year
With the cost of living on the rise, these holiday taxes make it even harder for them to do so John O’Connell
The government is being urged to end the huge taxes that Britons are paying. John O’Connell, chief executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, commented: "Every year taxpayers work hard and save up so that they can enjoy a week away with their families. “With the cost of living on the rise, these holiday taxes make it even harder for them to do so. "It is clear that Air Passenger Duty is just another way for the taxman to squeeze every penny out of hard-pressed families. “We are calling on the government to give Brits a break and scrap this unfair tax once and for all.”
Getty Families heading abroad are being hit the hardest by the holiday tax