R.M.F
THE WELLESLEY
R.M.F
THE WELLESLEY
BY: TWW
DATE: 4/25/2019
Market insight, additional duty on US built yachts wishing to cruise in European waters.
Since the 22nd of June 2018 Europe imposes a 25% import duty on American built yachts as a direct response to the US enforced tariffs on steel and aluminium. Note, this is not about American owned yachts or American flagged yachts but yachts which are built at an American shipyard.
For example, when an American built yacht enters the European Union for the summer charter season, do they need to pay 25% duty on the value of the yacht? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. However, there are some exemptions. If an American built yacht has cleared into European waters in a commercial capacity in the last 3 years, it can return to Europe without paying the duty as long as it has remained in the same ownership and can demonstrate that it has remained commercially registered in the intervening period. This can be a solution for some owners. But many American owners don’t keep their yacht commercially registered all year around and will therefore lose the possibility to come back to Europe without paying the duty.
How about using the American built yacht privately for the summer season in Europe and operate under the Temporary Admission regime? This is also still possible but only if all guests are not European tax residents. And this is of course creates a huge limitation of the use of a yacht.
And last but not least, what if only the tenders are American built? This is very important because brands like Novurania have a large market share. As long as the tenders do not have their own registration, they will be seen as part of the equipment of the mothership and no import duty has to be paid if the mothership is not American built. Chase boats, which are towed by the mothership, will be treated like a separate yacht and if they are American built, follow the rules as mentioned above.
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