Floating casinos in Iceland?
Two foreign companies that make the cruise have requested cooperation with the travel company Iceland Excursions. Idea shipping companies are foreign tourists will be air in the country, but they simply Icelandic meet down at the dock.
This is reflected in a statement by Iceland Excursions.
Parliament approved the proposal last year Arni Thor Sigurdsson alþingismanns amending the sixth Article Customs no. 88/2005. The amendment is liners, which are listed overseas, be able to do out here to the country duty-free for up to four months per year, according to the report.
The companies consider sailing here in the spring and take the fall. Various sizes of cruise ships are possible, ranging from a low of 120 passenger ships of 1,500 to 2,000 passenger ship.
The article says that Iceland Excursions cruise sailing to and from the country by passengers has always enjoyed tariff preferences, but not ship replacement repeatedly passengers in this country. They are considered to be domestic, and therefore the obligation to pay duties and taxes on all inputs and submit VAT to the Treasury. Amendment to the Customs Act was designed to try to address this and ensure improved competitiveness Iceland tourism.
