The Master Yachting service for EU yacht taxation

For smart EU yacht taxation from 0% - 18%, all possibilities

Know-how and experience are a basic prerequisite for making legal use of the various tax advantages. We offer assistance to all yacht buyers in Europe for optimal yacht taxation.

Taxation with 0% tax. So you don't pay taxes!

  • Commercial use: the ship is chartered out. The buyer only pays VAT for the charter weeks he uses the ship himself! Most popular option and revenue instead of ongoing costs.
  • On all yachts used in other EU countries. E.g. Turkey and Caribbean. We handle the correct export delivery for you. Likewise for yacht buyers from Switzerland who use their ship in the EU.
  • For super and mega yachts. Due to the high running costs for the offshore setup, only sensible and feasible for yachts with a purchase price of 5 million or more. Interested? Please arrange a personal meeting and convince yourself of the added value:

    Contact Master Yachting.

Yacht taxation, yacht purchase with 1% - 10% tax

Here, the length of stay of the yacht in the EU is decisive for taxation. This real finance model is ideal for buyers who only use the yacht in EU waters for a part of the year. (E.g. berth Montenegro, summer season in Croatia or Italy).

Yacht taxation: Only the installments of those months in which the yacht is in EU waters are taxed with 20% VAT. Financing (minimum term: 4 years and a maximum down payment of 50%) including credit check is offered for citizens of the following countries: Germany, Switzerland and Austria, Spain, Italy and France.

If the vessel is used or stationed outside the EU for the first months immediately after delivery, the first down payment installment is ideally not taxed in the amount of 50%. So you have saved half the tax on the purchase price .This also applies if the ship is subsequently and used the rest of the time in EU waters. Ideal also for buyers who want to go to the Caribbean. Even if the ship is used the entire time outside the EU, at the end of the term only the residual rate (min. 1% of the purchase price) be taxed. You will also own a ship that is officially and legally taxed in the EU. A smart and clever way of yacht taxation!

Yacht purchase with only 1% tax burden for later export

+ 1% fees and processing: As a work-around for buyers who on the one hand do not want financing including interest and on the other hand want to stay in the first months with the new yacht in EU waters and only then transfer the ship e.g. to the Caribbean.

Yacht taxation: You purchase the yacht through an installment plan model. You rent the yacht for 6 – 12 months. VAT is applicable only on the rent. Once the yacht is abroad in the EU, you can exercise the purchase option and transfer ownership. The yacht remains untaxed.

Yacht purchase with only 2-5% tax burden

+ 1% Fees and Processing: for all buyers who plan their ship within max. 5 years to resell or have the plan to spend the ship permanently in other EU countries afterwards. Master Yachting rents you the yacht for the corresponding period. The tax is only on the rent, the yacht itself remains untaxed.

EU yacht taxation, yacht purchase with 16% tax

For buyers of an untaxed used yacht that´s transferred from the Caribbean to the EU, there has been an option in the Azores since July 2021 to tax the ship with 16% VAT at current value. The Azores are an autonomous group of islands in Portugal, taxation in the Azores is considered EU taxation. This solution is also interesting for buyers of a new yacht who also want to use their ship in EU sovereign territories of the Caribbean.

Malta yacht taxation, yacht purchase with 18% tax

For everyone who is looking for a quick, cheap and uncomplicated solution for the “immediate yacht taxation” . For all new yachts purchased through Master Yachting we offer taxation and handover in Malta. The ship is taxed at 18% Maltese VAT and offers a saving of 7% compared to Croatia and Greece 6% etc.

Smart EU yacht taxation with Master Yachting

This applies to all interested parties and customers who are about to buy a new yacht! If you wish, we can handle the purchase and taxation, transfer and delivery for you. Nevertheless, we must point out to you that we are not tax advisors.