MP dodges TAX

carmanmemoranda said:
You didn't manage to think about all the extra benefits whilst you had 5 minutes to think about it?

Thought not.

We keep getting told, it's not much difference (which equals its actually worse) but never anything that's better.
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Yes I of course. I start with the £100k+ I saved in French VAT
 
motorbiking said:
Yes I of course. I start with the £100k+ I saved in French VAT
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When I bought stuff from EU, the invoice was paid net.

For cash flow purposes it was beneficial to buy materials from EU than it was from UK


In any case VAT registered businesses don’t pay VAT, so you must’ve saved it on a personal basis…..not sure how
 
Just as I was posting how, a tax expert popped up and told me it wasn’t possible. So I must have dreamed it.

I’ve posted before btw.
 
motorbiking said:
Yeah brexit is terrible, like you I queued an extra 5 mins to get my passport stamped this week.
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Brexit has significantly increased trade barriers:

Rules of origin
ATA carnets
Loss of cabotage rights
SPs controls
Transit documents
Customs declarations

I’d be interested to see how you think that’s a benefit.
 
motorbiking said:
Just as I was posting how, a tax expert popped up and told me it wasn’t possible. So I must have dreamed it.

I’ve posted before btw.
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I didn’t say it wasn’t possible

I’m sure you can explain how you did it.

I know it’s possible to reclaim vat on purchases in France etc, but It’s not particularly straightforward and as far as I know you have to go through a VAT refund provider, which charge a commission.

It would benefit very few people
 
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I can only speak about my personal experience as someone who travels overseas several times a month. It’s really no bother.

Though my passport is getting a bit full with all the stamps.
 
motorbiking said:
Just as I was posting how, a tax expert popped up and told me it wasn’t possible. So I must have dreamed it.

I’ve posted before btw.
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Can you explain again? I'm useless with VAT and import/export rules etc. I've done a quick search for old posts. I thought you were a lawyer. But is it something to do with yachts?
 
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Yes you can export a boat vat free and keep it in the EU. This wasn’t possible when the U.K. was part of the EU.

Under EU rules as long as you take it out regularly you do not have to import it and pay vat. A few trips to turkey with a fuel top up is sufficient to prove you left and the clock stops and resets. You do this until you either sell it “VAT not paid” or permanently import it somewhere and pay VAT at the second hand value.

It’s called the sail away scheme
 
Getting the £1500 into perspective.


Michelle Donelan's false Hamas claim about academic cost taxpayer £15,000​

 
motorbiking said:
Yes you can export a boat vat free and keep it in the EU. This wasn’t possible when the U.K. was part of the EU.

Under EU rules as long as you take it out regularly you do not have to import it and pay vat. A few trips to turkey with a fuel top up is sufficient to prove you left and the clock stops and resets. You do this until you either sell it “VAT not paid” or permanently import it somewhere and pay VAT at the second hand value.

It’s called the sail away scheme
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So a benefit that is essentially a loophole

It’s a benefit to about 0.00000001% of the U.K. population, the remaining 99.999999% are worse off

But then we always knew Brexit was simply a vehicle for the rich to make money out of the chaos.
 
Notch7 said:
So a benefit that is essentially a loophole

It’s a benefit to about 0.00000001% of the U.K. population, the remaining 99.999999% are worse off

But then we always knew Brexit was simply a vehicle for the rich to make money out of the chaos.
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Exactly that.

And yet more taxation (luxury goods) goes away from where its needed
 
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