by Natalie | Mar 23, 2022 | Legal & Financial
The late great fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett, reasoned, through one of his characters Captain Samuel Vimes, that the reason that the rich were so rich, was because they managed to spend less money. Vimes cited his boots. A great pair of boots cost fifty dollars and...
by Natalie | Mar 16, 2022 | Legal & Financial
The use of pleasure crafts and yachting has experienced an important boom in recent years. The variety of designs and new materials used in the construction of vessels has led to both a proliferation of models on the market and an improvement in the conditions of...
by Natalie | Mar 5, 2022 | Legal & Financial
VAT must be paid on any yacht sailing EU waters unless it falls under the temporary import relief. The rules are not prescriptive about the basis for VAT except that it should represent the market value, but if you have bought it recently the price you paid could be...
by Natalie | Feb 9, 2022 | Legal & Financial
Elizabeth Holmes wanted your blood, not very much of it, but what she really wanted was your money, and as much of it as she could talk you out of ideally. She was following the Silicon Valley startup playbook to the letter. Walk the walk, talk the talk and fake it...
by Natalie | Feb 2, 2022 | Legal & Financial
As general idea the introduction in EU territory of a pleasure craft is subject to Import VAT dispatch unless she is in one of these two situations: Temporary Import VAT relief Returned goods VAT relief In this article we will focus on the last one. You might have...
by Natalie | Jan 7, 2022 | Legal & Financial
Back in October, Facebook founder Mark Zukerberg put on his smartest t-shirt and gave us the five buck tour of the Metaverse, and said we would all be joining him there within 5 years. He said it was the future, many said it was a shiny attempt to avoid a bunch of bad...
