The VAT Conundrum!!??

[colind3782]

I wish we had the room. Short of ripping out the sea toilet.....
May try one of those little tanks that sort of wraps under the bowl.

We don't keep it in the heads. It's still in its box up in the forepeak. You don't have to use it, just have it on board

 

[macd]

You don't have to use it, just have it on board

That's the daftness of it, and another conudrum. To the best of my knowledge Spain (and most other countries) impose no requirement that holding tanks (or chemi-loos) be fitted. They simply prohibit certain discharges at sea, often varying with distance offshore.

More info here: http://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge-advice/boating-abroad/Pages/holding-tanks.aspx

And, specifically to Spain, here: http://www.boatwide.es/english/env.htm

 

[AndrewB]

... However, from my own experience and asking a wide selection of skippers who have visited this year, none have been approached by Croatian customs for VAT verification.

Check. I've been around and through Croatia most of this year. Neither the authorities at Cavtat nor at Umag (the commonest ports of entry/exit for a yacht) were in the slightest interested. When I tried to show the T2L that had put me to some trouble to obtain, it was simply waved away. The only thing that seriously interested them was collecting money for the cruising permit (£123 for an 11m yacht for 3 months, including light dues and 'administration fees').

 

[prv]

We don't keep it in the heads. It's still in its box up in the forepeak. You don't have to use it, just have it on board

That's still a lot of space to waste, though. So if it's just a box-ticking exercise, perhaps the answer is one of those doughnut tanks under the loo - but not plumbed in

Pete

 

[macd]

if it's just a box-ticking exercise

It isn't. The regulations, where they exist, usually concern the effect, not the means: don't dump at sea.
See post #22.