Comments on: Aviation Taxation http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Larry Teabag http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/comment-page-1/#comment-11510 Larry Teabag Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:56:29 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/#comment-11510 <em>The basic principle of the taxation though, a simple Pigou tax upon environmental externalities, is entirely sound</em> And entirely uncalculable. The basic principle of the taxation though, a simple Pigou tax upon environmental externalities, is entirely sound

And entirely uncalculable.

]]> By: JK http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/comment-page-1/#comment-11509 JK Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:12:52 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/#comment-11509 The tax rate would not necessarily be fixed over time. The tax is of course fixed at the rate that is estimated to induce the appropriate emission reductions. If these are not forthcoming, then the tax may be subject to rise in the future. In which case, the debate about aviation and climate change might not necessarily be over (particularly given additional uncertainties relating to estimating the potential damage associated with airline emissions). The tax rate would not necessarily be fixed over time. The tax is of course fixed at the rate that is estimated to induce the appropriate emission reductions. If these are not forthcoming, then the tax may be subject to rise in the future. In which case, the debate about aviation and climate change might not necessarily be over (particularly given additional uncertainties relating to estimating the potential damage associated with airline emissions).

]]> By: Mark Wadsworth http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/comment-page-1/#comment-11467 Mark Wadsworth Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:38:10 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/#comment-11467 "Who gets the tax?" daft question. The local council(s) should charge fees for each taking off/landing (a pair of 'slots' as they are known in the trade). Quite where those 'planes fly to is neither here nor there. If they fly to an airport in another country (or another part of the country) then the local council at the other end also levies a charge for landing/taking off. I shall shamelessly link to the relevant bit of <a href="http://markwadsworth.blogspot.com/2008/03/baa-to-raise-airport-landing-fees.html" rel="nofollow">the MW manifest0</a> again. “Who gets the tax?” daft question.

The local council(s) should charge fees for each taking off/landing (a pair of ‘slots’ as they are known in the trade).

Quite where those ‘planes fly to is neither here nor there. If they fly to an airport in another country (or another part of the country) then the local council at the other end also levies a charge for landing/taking off.

I shall shamelessly link to the relevant bit of the MW manifest0 again.

]]> By: john b http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/comment-page-1/#comment-11458 john b Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:51:19 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/25/aviation-taxation/#comment-11458 "<i>British airlines fear that the changes could lead to millions of passengers taking their business abroad, choosing to change planes at continental hubs such as Amsterdam or Frankfurt rather than London.</i>" ...and if the Dutch and the Germans are more willing than Londoners to put up with the negative externalities of aviation, then good luck to them. “British airlines fear that the changes could lead to millions of passengers taking their business abroad, choosing to change planes at continental hubs such as Amsterdam or Frankfurt rather than London.”

…and if the Dutch and the Germans are more willing than Londoners to put up with the negative externalities of aviation, then good luck to them.

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