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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 03:17:26 JST goatsarah

   Since Brexit, the lack of a proper trade agreement means I will have to pay import VAT on my little sailboat when I take her to France.

   I asked on a UK boating forum for some recommendations for a tax advisor to assist with the process. The overwhelming answer was, “just do tax evasion. You probably won’t get caught”.

   This may provide an insight into the mindset of British exceptionalism.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 03:18:58 JST goatsarah

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     Still haven’t found a tax advisor. I’m just going to email the customs office at Cherbourg and be like, “help! How do I give you money?” but with more Google translate into French.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 03:20:41 JST goatsarah

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     Like, I got an A in GCSE French but that was 3 decades ago and learning Portuguese has pushed it out.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 06:44:12 JST goatsarah

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     • Martin Campbell
     @martincampbell2 No. VAT is payable immediately upon import.
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     Martin Campbell (martincampbell2@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 06:44:13 JST Martin Campbell

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     @goatsarah Can you sail her in and out tax free on an ATA Carnet?

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     : j@fabrica:~/src; :t_blink: (josephholsten@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 06:45:36 JST : j@fabrica:~/src; :t_blink:

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     @goatsarah This is what everyone (US) says we should do to pay our child minder. People are terrible.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 21:34:09 JST goatsarah

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     The boat is already UK VAT paid.

     Portugal does charge more VAT, but they will value the boat less, so swings and roundabouts.

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     Gareth Kitchen (gruff@stroud.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 21:34:10 JST Gareth Kitchen

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     @goatsarah I stopped selling to EU because of the additional paperwork so I'm out of the loop. I'm guessing that you can't just pay the UK VAT at 20% which maybe better than the standard Portugal rate of 23%(?). I can understand Portugal wanting to charge VAT on import if purchased VAT free somewhere, but I'm a bit perplexed why they are able to charge for it again... Double tax.... Or maybe you're referring to import duty....