Black Sheep
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As long as it's not a receipt from Carlingford Lough Marina!All you need to do is keep your mooring receipt (and I'd suggest a few dated photos) for 31/13/20.
As long as it's not a receipt from Carlingford Lough Marina!All you need to do is keep your mooring receipt (and I'd suggest a few dated photos) for 31/13/20.
No because your boat will now be treated as EU VAT paid. All you need to do is keep your mooring receipt (and I'd suggest a few dated photos) for 31/13/20.
Your problems arise if you return the boat to the UK after 31/12/21 as you'll have to pay UK VAT if you do.
What happens if you now want to buy a 2nd hand boat in the EU and return it to the UK? If it has had VAT paid in the EU would you still have to pay additional UK VAT when you brought it back?
And what about a new boat sourced in the EU, is there a way to only pay one lot of VAT on that?
I can see this narrowing the field for new and / or 2nd hand boat purchases to UK only (or accept that EU boats will all be 25% more expensive!!).
RYA said they believed the immigration and import database would be available at large marinas in Germany/Netherlands.They are not in Belgium, which is where the posted link refers. Similar probably for Netherlands though?
Thank you for that but I wasn't thinking of VAT implications but of the long-established practice of 'entering' and 'clearing' at a designated port of entry which a vessel visiting a foreign country has to follow. Something that vessels were required to do before VAT was invented and which is presumably now a requirement for British-registered yachts visiting EU Member States.No because your boat will now be treated as EU VAT paid. All you need to do is keep your mooring receipt (and I'd suggest a few dated photos) for 31/13/20.
Your problems arise if you return the boat to the UK after 31/12/21 as you'll have to pay UK VAT if you do.
No.Will you be able to claim back the VAT from the European country you bought the boat from?
Will you be able to claim back the VAT from the European country you bought the boat from?
But if VAT has been paid (when buying second hand) you can't claim it back.If the boat is due to be exported outside the EU (and you can prove it), you shouldn't have to pay any VAT in the EU.
At least, that's how it is for cars (new cars - first owner).
I had trouble getting into Australia once - my name (a common one) must have been on a watch list. I hadn't realized that I needed a visa for Australia, and arrived at Heathrow and presented my ticket at the desk as usual. "Where's your visa?", they asked. "No problem - we can get one for you by phone; go and have a coffee while we sort it out". About an hour later, they came back and said that the Australian immigration officials weren't prepared to issue a visa over the phone; I'd have to be interviewed at the entry point in Australia. It became apparent that someone with the same name as me was on the Australian watch list, as it was all sorted out very quickly on my arrival in Australia. This was a long time ago - about 1994 - so pre Internet!The news about truckers sandwiches being confiscated is a bit worrying. Does this mean that yachts will have to dump food on arrival?
I hope it will all settle down to a sensible level eventually.
I have had issues with getting harbourmasters interested in accepting Schengen forms. In Nieuwpoort the Air Force HM stamped and copied my forms and presumably filed them, the Police office was closed. In Breskens the HM waved me away and didn't want to know. In Ijmuiden there was a wooden box to leave the forms but the reception lady would not accept them. Did the forms get filed or binned?
In pre EU days 1976, we were boarded at Ijmuiden by a uniform [customs, police, immigration?] and handed a list of wanted criminals and asked if we were on that list.
I think only protein (meat/seafood) and dairy products.Does this mean that yachts will have to dump food on arrival?
Presumably before Brexit when you had freedom of movement?I have had issues with getting harbourmasters interested in accepting Schengen forms.
No sympathy for them. It is clear that entry into EU is only permitted for specific reasons, and only with a recent negative CV19 test.Dutch Marechaussee refused entry to two British yachtsmen in the harbour of Breskens on Monday. The info in the Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant is very sketchy: 2 British sailors, U.K.-flagged yacht refused entry because they did not meet the requirements to travel in the Netherlands. Whether it was a passport issue or corona-related is not mentioned. It does add that according to police sources since the first of January around 80 U.K. citizens have been refused entry in ports and airports.
Brexit has sneaked a lot passed us citizens. Did the government really add another month to 2020? What did they call it?No because your boat will now be treated as EU VAT paid. All you need to do is keep your mooring receipt (and I'd suggest a few dated photos) for 31/13/20.
Your problems arise if you return the boat to the UK after 31/12/21 as you'll have to pay UK VAT if you do.
Julius Augustus had two summer months named after him. This new 13th month is called 'Boris' and as it is a winter month has a 'r' in it so you can eat oysters.Brexit has sneaked a lot passed us citizens. Did the government really add another month to 2020? What did they call it?
Close, but no banana! July is named after Julius Caesar; August after his successor, Augustus Caesar (Octavian). Julius had a good claim; he promoted a major change to the calendar, the Julian calendar which was more accurate than previous ones. Augustus was the guy who set up the imperial system.Julius Augustus had two summer months named after him. This new 13th month is called 'Boris' and as it is a winter month has a 'r' in it so you can eat oysters.