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2024 Changes in U.S. Air
Transportation taxes
For
calendar year 2024 the Domestic Segment Tax is
$5.00. The International Head Tax has increased to
$22.10. The Alaska/Hawaii Departure Tax is now
$11.10. The Percentage tax for transportation of Persons remains
7.5%
and for Cargo it remains
6.25%.
Percentage Tax Persons: |
7.50% |
Percentage Tax Cargo |
6.25% |
Domestic Segment Fee: |
$5.00 |
International Arrival/Departure Head Tax: |
$22.10 |
Hawaii/Alaska Flight Tax: |
$11.10 |
To update the tax rates in
FlightQuote open the 'Settings' screen and select the 'Taxes' page.
From FlightQuote version 2.27R2 you can update the new taxes rates
automatically by clicking the 'Download' button.
There is also option to check
for Tax Rate updates automatically on each program start.
A full explanation of U.S. Air
Transportation taxes can be found in this document:
AviationTaxes.pdf
FlightQuote on Windows Vista, Windows
7
FlightQuote 2 works on Windows Vista
&
Windows 7 without problems. For
information on how to make using FlightQuote and other programs on Vista
& Windows 7 easier, please click here.
Using FlightQuote on Windows 8,
8.1, 10 & 11:
FlightQuote 2 works fine on the Intel
based versions of Windows 8 and 8.1 (x86, x64).
It will not work on Windows RT which is based on ARM processors.
We
have not received any reports of problems with running FlightQuote 2 on
Windows 10 or 11.
Program Revision History:
Program
updates are available on the
download
page for users who have installed FlightQuote 2.0, FlightQuote 2.1 and 2.
-
Fixed: Label
Text on Quote Properties and Report Settings screens would not
fit;
-
Fixed: Quotelist
sort by FinalQuote would not work high to low, only low to high.
-
Changed:
Increased size of Main Screen;
-
Changed:
Increased size of Standard Quotes screen;
-
Changed:
Increased (vertical) size of List Quotes screen;
-
Added: Buttons
on Interary Tab for functions previously only available by using
the right mouse button menu;
-
Added: Total
Fuel Burn now shown on Itinerary Tab.
-
Fixed: Bug when
loading Report Settings with 'Open Date Quote' on;
-
Fixed: 8.33
spacing frequencies were not always properly displayed on FBO
screens;
-
Fixed: Updated
website URL for NOAA winds aloft data, server for old link was
decommissioned;
-
Fixed: Loading
Standard Quotes could give an error;
-
Fixed: Distances
shown in table on 'Locate Alternates' screen were always rounded
to whole miles (NM and SM), now rounded to 1 decimal.
-
Fixed: When
quoting by NM or SM the value in the 'MileageFactor' entry box
could not be changed;
-
Fixed: Text
label for 'MileageFactor' entry box did not appear correctly
(when quoting by NM or SM);
-
Fixed: When
loading a quote that used NM or SM as quotebase the Additional
Charges total would sometimes not be set correctly;
-
Fixed: Deleting
a Contact on the 'Modify Customers' screen would leave invalid
references to the deleted Contact in the Database;
-
Fixed: Corrected
the calculations and display of totals on the 'Leg Charges'
screen.
-
Changed:
Aircraft Picture screen now shows actual picture resolution and
gives a warning about exceeding recommended maximum resolution;
-
Fixed: Extra
blank lines would be inserted sometimes when printing opening
and/or closing comment boxes on print reports.
For a
full list of changes in previous updates please see the FlightQuote 2
Revision history file:
FQ2RevisionHistory.txt
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