AITAL fires back at US government over new tax probe

The Latin American Airline Assn., supported by IATA, called on the US government to end efforts by the Internal Revenue Service to impose US federal withholding requirements and related taxes on Latin American carriers and their non-US-based crewmembers. AITAL also warned that there could be retaliation by affected Latin American countries against US airlines if the tax probe is not halted immediately. According to the association, the tax probe targets flightcrew of international airlines ...