PPM MPs want to exempt Maldivians from paying new airport fee
A minister told the parliament’s budget review committee Thursday that the government did not plan to exempt Maldivians from paying the proposed US$25 Airport Development Charge.
11 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
Several MPs of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives have opposed the government’s plans to introduce a US$25 Airport Development Charge for Maldivians flying out of the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport.
The ADC, to be levied on all passengers, is among a raft of new taxes proposed in the 2017 state budget to raise MVR2 billion (US$130 million) in additional revenue.
In the face of widespread criticism after the finance minister presented the budget on Tuesday, Majority Leader Ahmed Nihan said only tourists and expatriates would have to pay the ADC.
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