On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:07:27 +0100, Martin Hotze
wrote:

Jay Honeck schrieb:

Apparently there is some European Value Added Tax that is going to
increase the cost of private aircraft tremendously...soon. (After the
1st of the year? I don't remember.)

FYI, thre is no such thing as a European tax (camparable to US federal
tax). Every nation within the EU has their own tax laws (though there
are some efforts for harmonisation within the EU).

They have a Value Added Tax (VAT) which is a tad over 17% plus there
was an import duty on aircraft.

I don't know how it works out for aviation, but for electronics,
radios may run from 50 to 100% more than in the US.

Roger (K8RI)
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