FAA Financing: Issues and Options in Deciding to Reinstate or Replace the Airline Ticket Tax
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1997-02-04
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00736011
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Economics and Finance
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Abstract:On December 31, 1996, the government's authority to collect the taxes that
finance the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, which has historically provided about
three-quarters of Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) funding, lapsed. In
December 1996, the General Accounting Office reported to Congress on the status
of the Trust Fund and on a proposal by a coalition of the nation's largest
airlines to replace the tax on domestic airline tickets, which has been the
Trust Fund's primary source of revenue, with fees on domestic operations. This
Congressional testimony by John H. Anderson, Jr., Director, Transportation
Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division of the General
Accounting Office discusses (1) status of the Trust Fund, (2) issues raised by
the coalition's proposal, (3) potential effects of the coalition's proposal on
domestic competition, and (4) potential competitive impacts of alternative
options for financing FAA. 20p.
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