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South African departure on tax

 

By Roger Bray
Copyright 2000 The Financial Times Limited
Article date: March 6, 2000
 

South Africa is introducing a new R100 (Pounds 10) departure tax on August 1, which will be added to airfares and recovered from airlines. The government expects it to bring in some R2.7m in a full year. The new tax comes on top of a R78 charge already added to ticket prices.
 

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