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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 2:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Altaflyer
Yup and none of those are the fees I was referring to. The bulk of that is airport improvement fees which in Canada are higher but with the exception of Toronto are not assessed at connecting airports. I guess our federal sales tax (gst) applies but that is a reality on nearly anything we buy! For some reason I thought gst did not apply to international flights but perhaps it does not us flights. It certainly applies to domestic flights.
GST at the 5% rate applies to US<->Canada flights, while other international flights are GST exempt. Don't ask me why there is a difference, just the way it is...
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