The Scottish Greens propose a private jet tax that could hit Donald Trump's Boeing 757 with up to £250,000 per flight. The party argues the tax would raise money for public services and discourage wealthy individuals from using polluting aircraft.
Donald Trump ’s Boeing 757 would be hit with up to £250,000 in tax under plans by John Swinney’s most likely Budget partners. The Greens say a private jet tax would force the passengers on the Republican presidential candidate’s plane to stump up every time they flew from Scotland .
There were 12,911 recorded private flights to and from Scotland’s airports in 2023 and experts believe a new tax could generate £21.5m for Scotland. The Greens calculate a new charging regime, based on Oxfam figures, could raise between £240,000 and £250,000 if Trump’s jet flew from Scotland to his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida.
Greer said: “Most people are trying to play our part in tackling the climate crisis. Our individual efforts are all important but they are totally undermined by the super-rich flying across the world in private jets that are ten times more polluting than regular flights and fifty times worse than trains. It's time they were taxed in line with the massive damage their lifestyle is doing to the planet.
Scottish politics Swinney’s Government will unveil its draft budget in December, but SNP insiders admit privately it is unclear how they will find enough votes for it to be passed. Relations between the SNP and the Greens soured this year when former First Minister Humza Yousaf kicked the junior partners out of Government.
One sticking point is that the devolved replacement for APD has not come into force yet. Holyrood’s new Airport Departure Tax has not been implemented by SNP ministers over a stand-off with Westminster over the granting of Highland and Islands airports an exemption.
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