Sailing from croatia to greece with non vat paid boat

[Jobs_a_ good_ un]

Hi All

Can anyone tell me if I buy a boat and keep it in croatia with british registry and then want to sail to greece for a holiday
Will i have to pay vat on entry to greece ?
I will be keeping the boat in croatia

Regards

 

[Whitelighter]

Hmm, as it is britished flagged I think VAT *should* be payable. If it was under a Croatian flag, then no VAT would be payable provided you didn't outstay the permitted visitors period.

However, of all the paperwork I got asked for in Greece, I was NEVER asked to prove the VAT status of Whitelighter. In fact, contrary to popular beleif, the VAT status is only the remit of the country of registration. All the Greeks (or the French etc) can do is notify UK HMRC that you haven't paid VAT. And since you are keeping it outside the EU then no VAT needs to be paid.

Actually, why not register it in Jersey? Then you carry a British flag but Jersey boats don't have to pay VAT.

 

[Jobs_a_ good_ un]

how easy is it to register a boat in Jersey I understand it has to be part one reg
Regards

 

[Whitelighter]

No harder than P1 registry in the UK mainland. Costs about 30% more (extra £200.) You would want P1 registry anyway, the SSR cert looks so noddy some Greek port police don't accept it /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif