Airfare, JFK-BEG

Airfare taxes: a cornucopia of itemization. Let's break it down for one round-trip ticket ($603):

Airport Fee: 34.04
Int'l Passenger Service Charge: 22.03
Airport Tax (FR): 20.00
Int'l Passenger Service Charge: 18.22
US International Transportation Tax (arrival): 16.30
US International Transportation Tax (departure): 16.30
US INS User Fee: 7.00
US Customs User Fee: 5.50
US APHIS Fee: 5.00
USA Passenger Facility Charge: 4.50
Security charge (BEG): 4.41
USA Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee: 2.50

If you're wondering, yes fees are considered taxes for the purpose of this blog. A tax is basically a fee based on the percentage of a total, whereas flat fees (such as the 9/11 security fee) don't make sense as a percentage, but per person. This blog is keeping track of any money on top of a transaction collected by a government agency. Of course I'll break out foreign taxes from state and federal taxes at the end of the year.

I'll be explaining these taxes in future posts.