"taxes shutdown"??

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Hi,I'm translating a webpage from Delta, and a sentence says:Advisory: Taxes paid for travel during FAA shutdownWiill you tell me the meaning of this "shutdown"?Thank you,M

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

I believe this relates to the U.S. Congress's recent failure to renew a measure which included the collection of certain taxes on airline tickets. I believe this non-renewal is the meaning of "FAA shutdown". Because of it, travel after a certain date is no longer taxed - or is taxed differently - or something like that - I don't know the details.

Passengers who purchased tickets before a certain date paid this tax at the time of purchase, but because of the change in the law, which applies the tax at the time of travel, if the passenger travels after this date, he is entitled to a refund of the tax.

Graphically, people who fall into the category diagrammed below can ask for a refund of taxes they prepaid. My understanding is that refunds are not automatically given to those passengers who do not specifically request them, probably in writing.

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purchase change travel

in tax law

paid tax traveled

on travel after the change

This is my guess about the meaning of that header about the FAA shutdown.

CJ

Mitsuo23 · Answer

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

So the sentence means like,

Advisory: about Taxes, which are paid for travel during FAA shutdown ??

Thank you,

M

CalifJim · Answer

mitsuwao23Advisory: about Taxes, which are paid for travel during FAA shutdown ??

Yes.

Advisory about taxes which were paid for travel during the FAA shutdown.

CJ

Mitsuo23 · Answer

Great! Thank you!

M

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