With COVID-19 wreaking havoc on world travel over the past year, many UK seafarers have unwittingly spent more time at home than planned. In this article, we explore how this may affect seafarers earnings deduction qualifying periods and the HMRC's present position on the situation.

Now that the UK has finally left the EU with an agreed trade deal, many questions remain about how the changes affect yacht crew and their ability to work, live and travel in the EU now that Brexit is finally concluded. Read our latest article which addresses various concerns in more detail.

As we approach the end of the most turbulent of years in living memory, our final publication of the year will take a lighter note, looking at things we've been unable to do due to COVID restrictions including travel, holidays, time with family and finding work.

Yachting has long had a culture of keeping money earned offshore, away from the prying eyes of the tax man, due to crew member's common misconception of believing they have no tax obligations in any country. In our article, we explain how this is in actual fact wrong, and why new legislation means you must act now to prevent falling foul of the authorities.

With the final Brexit date looming, many UK boat owners could be at risk of incurring additional VAT liability on vessels currently located outside UK waters. Does this potential new VAT liability affect you? Read our article to find out more.

In the eagerly awaited second part of our financial crime saga, we look deeper into numerous situations where crew members have been the unfortunate victims of poor investment opportunities, sold at the hands of rogue financial advisers. What we uncovered was extremely revealing and truly disheartening.