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Congress Offers Tax Free Flights… For Now

23 July 2011

As Congress and the President collectively stomp their feet and stick their tongues out at each other over the debt ceiling, frequent travelers are catching something of a break… It turns out that one of the tax measures that has not been resolved involves federal taxes on airline tickets. Since Congress has not confirmed the [...]

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Airline Introduces “Toilet Tax”

10 April 2010

There was a time – and yes, it was waaay before kids – when I used to fly quite a bit. I love to travel and when flying was cheap and I was carefree (there was such a day), I would pick up and go whenever the urge, frequent flyer miles and discount airfares struck [...]

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Don’t Be Alarmed

24 February 2010

I’m not snowed under… I’ve been traveling this week, talking taxes and I have not a lick of tax bloggyness left in me. Check in tomorrow, I’ll have some great “ask the taxgirl” answers for you then.

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Ask the taxgirl: Deductibility of Booze

3 June 2009

Taxpayer asks: Thanks for taking the time to consider my question. I travel extensively for my job. When I travel, I have an expense account for meals and hotels. My company recently moved to a “no alcohol” policy on expense accounts. We cannot put any alcohol on our expense accounts and we cannot apply for [...]

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I’ll take the ticket without extra taxes, please…

5 September 2007

Oh, if it were only that easy. Airlines fee and tax you to death these days. Have a look: For domestic flights, there is an “excise” tax of 7.5% of the fare. You’ll see this amount on your bill because the Department of Transportation (DOT) requires airlines to include that tax in advertised fares. What [...]

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All Work and No Play?

21 May 2007

Here at b5 media, we wouldn’t think of it! There are lots of ways to incorporate work and play into your life and what better time to think about it than now, when the weather has turned nice here in the northern hemisphere? So, in honor of the nice weather, today our Business Channel bloggers [...]

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