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Title 26 — Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§7275 Penalty for offenses relating to certain airline tickets and advertising

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Procedure and Administration › Chapter CHAPTER 75— - CRIMES, OTHER OFFENSES, AND FORFEITURES › Subchapter Subchapter B— - Other Offenses › § 7275

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require tickets and ads for fully taxable air travel to show the true total price including the passenger taxes. If all the travel is taxable under section 4262 (or would be if a part of that rule were different), a ticket must show the total paid and the taxes under 26 U.S.C. 4261(a) and 4261(b). Ads must show the total of the fare plus the taxes under 4261(a), 4261(b), and 4261(c). If an ad lists the fare or the taxes separately, the combined total must be shown just as clearly, and the taxes must be called “user taxes to pay for airport construction and airway safety and operations.” It is illegal to label any charge as those passenger taxes if it is not actually one of those taxes. Showing other fees in the fare or separately is allowed. Taxable transportation — air travel that meets the definition in section 4262. Breaking these rules is a misdemeanor. Each violation can be punished by a fine of up to $100.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §7275

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(a)In the case of transportation by air all of which is taxable transportation (as defined in section 4262), the ticket for such transportation shall show the total of—
(1)the amount paid for such transportation, and
(2)the taxes imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of section 4261.
(b)In the case of transportation by air all of which is taxable transportation (as defined in section 4262) or would be taxable transportation if section 4262 did not include subsection (b) thereof, any advertising made by or on behalf of any person furnishing such transportation (or offering to arrange such transportation) which states the cost of such transportation shall—
(1)state such cost as the total of (A) the amount to be paid for such transportation, and (B) the taxes imposed by section 4261(a), (b), and (c), and
(2)if any such advertising states separately the amount to be paid for such transportation or the amount of such taxes, state such total at least as prominently as the more prominently stated of the amount to be paid for such transportation or the amount of such taxes and shall describe such taxes substantially as: “user taxes to pay for airport construction and airway safety and operations”.
(c)(1)In the case of transportation by air for which disclosure on the ticket or advertising for such transportation of the amounts paid for passenger taxes is required by subsection (a)(2) or (b)(1)(B), if such amounts are separately disclosed, it shall be unlawful for the disclosure of such amounts to include any amounts not attributable to such taxes.
(2)Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the inclusion of amounts not attributable to the taxes imposed by subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 4261 in the disclosure of the amount paid for transportation as required by subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1)(A), or in a separate disclosure of amounts not attributable to such taxes.
(d)Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a), (b), or (c) is, for each violation, guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $100.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7275, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68 Stat. 866, related to cross references, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–44, title VI, § 601(i), June 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 155.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–141 substituted “taxes, state” for “taxes, shall state”. 2012—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 112–95 added subsec. (c), redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d), and, in subsec. (d), substituted “subsection (a), (b), or (c)” for “subsection (a) or (b)”. 1982—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–248 redesignated former par. (1) as pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former par. (2) which provided that a ticket for transportation, if it showed amounts paid with respect to any segment of such transportation, had to comply with former par. (1) with respect to such segments as well as with respect to the sum of the segments. 1971—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 91–680, § 3(a)(1), inserted “and” after “and (b),”. Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 91–680, § 3(a)(2), (3), redesignated par. (3) as (2), and struck out reference to par. (2). Former par. (2), which prohibited airline tickets from separately stating the amount paid for the air transportation and the amount paid for taxes, was struck out. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 91–680, § 3(b), struck out “only” after “state such cost”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 91–680, § 3(b), substituted provisions authorizing advertising to separately state in the prescribed manner the amount paid for the air transportation and the amount paid for taxes, for provisions prohibiting advertising from separately stating the amount paid for the air transportation and the amount paid for taxes.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2012 Amendment Pub. L. 112–95, title XI, § 1104(b), Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 151, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to taxable transportation provided after March 31, 2012.”

Effective Date

of 1982 Amendment Pub. L. 97–248, title II, § 281A(b)(2), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 568, as amended by Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title VII, § 714(b), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 961, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to transportation beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 3, 1982].”

Effective Date

of 1971 Amendment Pub. L. 91–680, § 4, Jan. 12, 1971, 84 Stat. 2065, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by the third section of this Act [amending this section] shall apply to transportation beginning after June 30, 1970.”

Effective Date

Section applicable to transportation beginning after June 30, 1970, see section 211(b) of Pub. L. 91–258, set out as

Effective Date

of 1970 Amendment note under section 4041 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 7275

Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73