21% VAT Tax in Europe on Ibex - how do locals afford hunt??

[bluemaroon]

For context I would really love to hunt ibex and chamois in the European mountains (most likely Spain). However when talking to outfitters there is always a 21% VAT tax added to quote.

I mentioned paying cash but apparently that means nothing since Spanish Ibex tags come from the government and there is no savings opportunity with cash.

It almost feels like the European governments want to tax hunting at a crazy rate in order to kill it off.

Has anyone else had similar experience?

 

[RME]

My knowledge of European tax law is limited but as far as I know they don't use an income tax system like we have. They use a "consumption tax" on things you buy to make the bulk of their money instead of an income tax.

 

[112Savage]

Talk to other outfitters. There are ways to bake away some of the taxes. The 21% will always be present but the amount on which it gets charged may be able to be manipulated

 

[alaska_bou]

The 21% VAT tax does not apply to business to business transactions, so if you book through an agency this tax will not apply. If you are charged this VAT, they are doing so to profit from it.

 

[Chumsnagger]

My knowledge of European tax law is limited but as far as I know they don't use an income tax system like we have. They use a "consumption tax" on things you buy to make the bulk of their money instead of an income tax.

Income tax in European countries for most people is more than the VAT. Europeans would love to pay NY and CA tax rates

 

[RME]

Income tax in European countries for most people is more than the VAT. Europeans would love to pay NY and CA tax rates

10-4…explains the languishing economies

 

[medvedyt]

you can recover some of it when leaving EU space as well .. almost a need for a finance advisor or business lawyer for those amounts lol ...

VAT refunds

Information on refunds for cross-border transactions for VAT incurred by people or businesses not based in the country concerned.

taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu

but the tariff wars might have killed it ... for us hunters.