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Old Jul 2, 2012 | 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by golfingboy
Airlines create a separate item line for fuel surcharge primarily for tax reasons, but removing the fuel surcharge will not reduce your airfare, they will just build it in the base airfare instead and pay more business tax.
They still have to pay the 7.5% excise tax on the YQ.
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