Med cruise in 2018, is Gibraltar exempt cruise from VAT tax?

[johnny75]

Going to book a med cruise in 2018.

 

We will be docking in Gibraltar during the cruise.

 

Will the on board purchases be exempt from the VAT tax on this cruise?

[Papatroll]

Everything you buy on board a cruise ship has an added tax. Sometimes they do not tell you about it, but it is there.

Gibraltar has been known as a "low prices" port and the barter system is in full effect.

I am booked on Norwegian Spirit for the April 2018 cruise which goes to Gibraltar, this is specific question that should be directed to the cruise consultant of NCL or whichever company you are cruising with

Please post your findings.

 

 

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[fishywood]

Gibraltar will be considered the "required" (for EU tax purposes) non-EU port call on your cruise. Thus on board purchases rung up while the ship is in international waters will not have VAT added to them. Though while docked at an EU nation port call any drinks or other purchases made could still be subject to that nation's VAT.

But all the cheap cigarettes and booze from the duty free shops will be VAT-free, which as you correctly theorize is only possible due to the call in Gibraltar.

[daiB]

Every cruise in Europe needs to visit a non EU port if it does not then the tax of the country in which the cruise starts must be charged. That's why cruises go to Gibraltar and the Canaries.

 

 

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[johnny75]

Thanks for the information.

 

No one ar Princess could tell me that !

 

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[IECalCruiser]

Every cruise in Europe needs to visit a non EU port if it does not then the tax of the country in which the cruise starts must be charged. That's why cruises go to Gibraltar and the Canaries.

 

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Gibraltar is the main non EU stop for Western Mediterranean cruises. Turkish ports (Istanbul or Kusadasi) used to meet that requirement but with issues in Turkey they have been replaced by Kotor, Montenegro or sometimes Sarande, Albania.

 

 

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