Originally Posted by
ft101
UK/EU has very little that actually falls into the actual tax category. It's mostly airline or other charges, but the airlines bunch it together as taxes and charges and have a smile when everyone deems it all taxes and blames the government.
Generally sales taxes are levied in the country where the ticket is sold. The example posted is for a ticket sold via a US company to a US resident with a US address for a trip originating in the US. When I've priced tickets on EU sites for intra-EU trips they show taxes based on the country of the airport where the first segment departs.