Originally Posted by
globalste
Government Tax, it is only paid if you are on the seat.
My point was more around the fact that Ryanair said there is no tax in the fare on any of the flights that i looked up, when there must be tax in the fare somewhere.
Perhaps FR use the refund admin fees of people who cancel to subsidise the fares without taxes.
My understanding is that HMRC collects the tax for each seat occupied but there is no stipulation of whether or not the tax is paid by the passenger or the airline.