On 2019-12-31 23:55, Jarek Piórkowski wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 17:37, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: On
> 2019-12-31 23:04, Hauke Stieler wrote: that's true, the EU is one special
> case here. But would the status of a
> traveler influence the tagging schema of "duty_free=*" in your opinion?
> The EU is only a special case because there are multiple countries within a
> single customs area for these purposes. Many airports accommodate both
> domestic and international passengers in mixed areas. The only other way I
> can see duty free shops working us if domestic passengers were actually
> banned from making purchases. This used to be the case within the EU, at some
> airports at least.
>
> In terms of tagging, the scenario described could be something like
> duty_free=export - meaning YES if you are exporting it beyond the customs
> union area (~~EU), otherwise NO.
Arguably, duty_free=export is the default meaning of duty-free.
In this case the shop is a "duty-free shop", it's just that not
everyone gets the same prices there (because you can't take advantage
of the tax/duty-free status if you're not leaving the customs area).
Just to be clear: in the situation I am referring to, an article priced
at GBP120 in such a mixed shop is GBP120 net to an exporting passenger,
but GBP100 net + GBP20 tax (@20% VAT) to a non-exporting passenger.
Everybody pays the same, but the accounting is different.
The implementation in a couple of shops is described here:
http://www.whsmithplc.co.uk/vat/
https://www.schiphol.nl/en/page/taxfree-explained/
So the shop is both tax/duty free, and not, at the same time. Hence it
does not fit the proposed description of either duty_free=yes or
duty_free=no. So we need a value to represent "yes, if your next
destination is outside the current customs area." Duty_free=mixed would
also not quite cover it IMHO as it might imply that it only applies to
certain goods, whereas the distinction I am trying to make is based on
destination.
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