Velana International Airport to levy new tax rates for 2020


Maldives
PUBLISHED December 08, 2019

Parliament has received a bill to impose new tax rates for Business Class and Jet passengers departing from the Maldives via Velana International Airport (VIA) starting from 2020.

The new tax fares imposed for the departures are USD 120 for Business Class and USD 240 for Jets. The proposed changes to the Maldives Airport Departure Tax is expected to take effect in the upcoming year.

The new airport taxes are to be paid through four categories, informs parliament member Mohamed Rasheed. The bill proposes to relinquish the currently ongoing Airport Service Charge (ASC) by March of 2020 and to introduce a new departure tax starting from April 2020. Additionally, the Airport Development Charge (ADC) will include four categories with higher tax charges to take place from April 1 onwards.

Currently, ASC is levied on passengers departing from the Maldives from an airport in the Maldives, at a rate of USD 25 per foreign passenger and USD 12 per Maldivian passenger. Persons with diplomatic immunity, transit passengers and children under the age of 2 are exempt from ASC.



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