Travel Tax Calculator

Compare TIEZA's full, standard reduced, privileged reduced and exempt outcomes for the same flight, and work out the refund if you already paid the full rate.

What this calculator does

Four passengers on the same flight can owe four different amounts. This tool shows all four side by side, and, if you have already paid, what each one would get back.

You enter three rates and, optionally, what you already paid. It returns what is due under each of TIEZA’s four outcomes, the saving against the full rate, and the refund you could claim if you paid more than your category required.

Why the rates are inputs

The rates are not hardcoded, for the same reason no rate on this site is: a published figure is a claim about what an agency charges today, and a constant buried in code goes stale without anything failing. You type the current figure, and the page tells you where to read it off.

At the time this page was verified, TIEZA published:

	First class	Economy
Full	₱2,700.00	₱1,620.00
Standard reduced	₱1,350.00	₱810.00
Privileged reduced	₱400.00	₱300.00
Exempt	₱0.00	₱0.00

The standard reduced rate is exactly half the full rate in both classes. The tests behind this calculator assert that relationship, so if TIEZA changes one rate without the other, it is noticed rather than quietly carried forward.

The refund arm

TIEZA’s own rule is that a passenger who paid the full rate but qualified for a lower one may claim the difference back, on-site at a TIEZA Travel Tax Office or an airport counter. Claims must be made within 2 years of payment.

That makes the useful number for most people not “what do I owe” but “what do I get back”. An OFW dependent who paid the full economy rate of ₱1,620.00 but qualified for the privileged ₱300.00 is owed ₱1,320.00. An OFW who paid it and was exempt outright is owed the whole ₱1,620.00.

Worked from TIEZA’s own published figures

Every number below comes from the rate table above. Nothing here is estimated.

Economy, full rate ₱1,620.00 paid

Your actual category	Due	Refund owed	Saving against full
Full	₱1,620.00	₱0.00	₱0.00
Standard reduced	₱810.00	₱810.00	₱810.00
Privileged reduced	₱300.00	₱1,320.00	₱1,320.00
Exempt	₱0.00	₱1,620.00	₱1,620.00

First class, full rate ₱2,700.00 paid

Your actual category	Due	Refund owed	Saving against full
Full	₱2,700.00	₱0.00	₱0.00
Standard reduced	₱1,350.00	₱1,350.00	₱1,350.00
Privileged reduced	₱400.00	₱2,300.00	₱2,300.00
Exempt	₱0.00	₱2,700.00	₱2,700.00

A family of four, economy, OFW worksite trip

Traveller	Category	Due
The OFW	Exempt	₱0.00
Spouse	Privileged reduced	₱300.00
Child, aged 8	Standard reduced	₱810.00
Infant, aged 1	Exempt	₱0.00
Total		₱1,110.00

At the full rate that same family would owe ₱4,860.00 for the three non-infant passengers, so the categories are worth ₱3,750.00 on one trip.

Note the child: a minor is on the standard reduced rate, ₱810.00, not the privileged ₱300.00, the privileged rate for a child requires the OFW-dependent conditions, and the standard rate applies from 2 years and one day to the 12th birthday.

The deadlines that bound the answer

Rule	Published figure
Refund claim window	2 years from the date of payment
Online reduced-rate processing	1 day from complete documentary requirements
Flight must be after the online application by	at least 1 day
2x2 ID picture must be taken within	the last 6 months
Infant exemption	2 years and below
Standard reduced age band	2 years and one day to the 12th birthday
OFW child dependent limit	below 21 years, or any age with a disability

What it does not do

It does not decide which category you fall into. That depends on your passport, your age, your employment and, for a dependent, whether you are travelling to the OFW’s worksite. The travel tax guide sets out who pays what, and the exemption guide covers the exempt list and the certificate.

It does not include airline fees, terminal fees, or the airline’s own handling charges. Those are not travel tax and TIEZA does not publish them.