Liveaboard Thames

[luctor et emergo]

Yes, you can. You are declaring the intended use of the fuel you are buying. If you intend to use all of it for generating (heat and/or electric), than you can declare 100% domestic. Not everybody fills up a tank everytime. I had customers who would take maybe 20 liters, just so that they could keep the batteries charged and make hot water for a week or two. No moving of the boat in that time. You suggest they make a false declaration?

[Steilsteven]

Yes, you can. You are declaring the intended use of the fuel you are buying. If you intend to use all of it for generating (heat and/or electric), than you can declare 100% domestic. Not everybody fills up a tank everytime. I had customers who would take maybe 20 liters, just so that they could keep the batteries charged and make hot water for a week or two. No moving of the boat in that time. You suggest they make a false declaration?

OK, but sooner or later they'd have to declare some propulsion use whether the boat moved or not.

Whereas a houseboat owner wouldn't.

 

Keith

[Paul C]

OK, but sooner or later they'd have to declare some propulsion use whether the boat moved or not.

Whereas a houseboat owner wouldn't.

 

Keith

 

Yes but "sooner or later" is very different to "every time". And it doesn't need to be a houseboat mooring, any type of home mooring would do. The only one which wouldn't do, is the genuine CCer.

[luctor et emergo]

OK, but sooner or later they'd have to declare some propulsion use whether the boat moved or not.

Whereas a houseboat owner wouldn't.

 

Keith

Why should they declare propulsion if the boat hasn't moved?

[ditchcrawler]

Why should they declare propulsion if the boat hasn't moved?

Its just what the HMRC guidance said.