One of my clients carries out interior furnishing work to luxury yachts owned by wealthy individuals. Most of his work is for UK owners and he charges 20% VAT on all of his services both for the design work and subsequent fitting of fixtures fittings and equipment. He has been asked to do some work on a luxury yacht that is moored in France. He will travel to France to carry out the work buying all of the goods from a supplier in the Netherlands.
The yacht is owned by a company registered in the Cayman Islands – I am not sure if this is significant? According to the yacht owner there is no business income generated from the yacht from hirings or other sources.
My client has quoted 20% UK VAT on his estimate but the client says that is wrong and the services should...
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