ron@Brl-Tgr.ARPA (04/18/84)
From: Ron Natalie <ron@Brl-Tgr.ARPA> YES, read about this in this month's FLYING magazine and then write your congressman. -Ron ----- Forwarded message # 1: Received: From brl.arpa.ARPA by BRL-TGR via smtp; 18 Apr 84 4:39 EST Received: From mit-mc.arpa.ARPA by BRL-AOS via smtp; 18 Apr 84 4:32 EST Received: from MIT-MC by MIT-OZ via Chaosnet; 18 Apr 84 04:26-EST Date: Wed 18 Apr 84 03:25:40-CST From: Werner Uhrig <CMP.WERNER@UTEXAS-20.ARPA> Subject: Av-gas tax to go up eightfold (from Texas TAC-Bulletin) To: aviation@UTEXAS-20.ARPA WORTH AIRING ============== If the Congressional Budget Office is taken seriously, then there's a chance general aviation fuel taxes will go up roughly eightfold to $1 per gallon. The CBO, that provides Congress with non-partisan economic information, says general aviation should pay about 27% of total FAA costs ( instead of the current 3.3% ), and that higher fuel taxes are the only means of coming up with the money. The report notes that the Federal Government recovers almost 4/5th of it's civil aviation costs through existing user fees, but states commercial airline passengers carry the bulk of the tab. Based on costs actually incurred by the FAA, the CBO report claims commercial air carriers should pay about 53% instead of the current 64% share. A fairer distribution of user fees would raise the present tax of 12 cents to $1. Commercial airline ticket taxes would be lowered from 8% to 7.2%. The biggest culprit, the CBO report states, is the business jet. It points out that although commercial airliners carry most of the passenger traffic, business-owned aircraft make more flights and use a disproportionate amount of air traffic control services. Other means of squeezing money out of general aviation users include the following CBO-suggested practices: two-tiered landing fees at congested airports to increase the price for landing during peak hours; and a tax on the sale of GA avionics equipment or a direct tax on the use of specific ATC services, similar to the European system. ------- ----- End of forwarded messages