They even try and avoid VAT - an example if flying a private jet outside the country to 'buy' it.

Or in the case of Abramovich - allegedly create a whole circular set of sham companies to avoid paying VAT on your super yacht.

See https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-06-19/cyp...

Until they lobby hard enough to have a reduced VAT on luxury goods as it happened in France. The argument being, you guessed it, otherwise they would buy stuff elsewhere.