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Subject: Re: NYC hotel tax query Posted on: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:27:30 -0500

tim..... wrote:
> ...
> You'll have to remind me what tourist taxes there are in London.

If you are making a semantic argument about what a "tourist" is okay,
but for anyone traveling who must use airports, restaurants, hotels, and
car rental agencies there are a lot of taxes to pay and some
specifically for "tourists" or "travelers" ...

Car Hire
========
Airport access fee/premium location surcharge: £17.00
Road tax/vehicle licensing fee (per day): £0.95
Value added tax (VAT): 17.50%

Hotels
======
Value added tax (VAT): 17.50%

Air passengers
==============
International air passenger duty: £40.00
International passenger service charge: £8.40

Restaurant meals
=================
Value added tax (VAT): 17.50%




> I certainly can't think of any taxes that tourists to London
> have to pay, that residents of Little Piddleton don't pay.

Well, they'd have to pay them if they were "tourists" in London.