At the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea is Gibraltar. The Rock. The Strait. Yachts on transatlantic or European routes refuel [...]
The UK is no longer such a “cold” zone to commercial yachting after all. In fact, superyacht charter activity has [...]
France is navigating a significant shift in its relationship with the luxury sector. The most direct "administrative shift" comes from [...]
Yacht deals may look sleek and straightforward, but when it comes to VAT, they’re anything but smooth sailing. The combination [...]
EU VAT is not unique in having fixed rules which then make allowance for reasonable variances. The system has points […]
The European Commission, the EU’s Executive, has three projects that are bound to shake up the VAT affairs of all […]
It’d better be a good one – the Flag is truly a vessel’s passport to sail the world. But Flag […]
In the real world of VAT, the ‘passenger’ and ‘commercial’ vessel distinction dissolves into insignificance. It sounds like a counterintuitive […]
“Given the objective difficulties of accurately tracking the movements of vessels in international waters and in EU territorial waters…presumptive percentages […]
To its detractors it is a failed experiment in legal fiat within an EU Member State, but its supporters counter […]