Amendment to VAT Act for 2021: Simplification not only for e-shops?
Are you offering your goods via e-shops? Shipping low-value consignments directly to end users also from countries outside the EU? Organising training seminars, concerts, trade fairs or sports events across the EU? Be on the alert and prepare…
When does entitlement to VAT deduction arise on provision of export insurance?
The Coordination Committee of the General Financial Directorate and the Chamber of Tax Advisors have discussed the entitlement to VAT deduction on insurance provided in connection with the export of goods to a third country. A few situations that…
Watch out for the deadline for filing additional tax returns
In its recent decision, the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) confirmed that the deadline for filing additional tax returns for a lower tax liability is based on a subjective lapse period – in other words, after that period expires, it is no longer…
VAT stated in a tax document for a fictitious transaction must be paid
In 8 Afs 21/2014-30 case, the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) corrected the regional court’s interpretation of Section 108(4)(f) of the VAT Act. The provision stipulates that the person issuing a tax document indicating tax is also obliged to…
VAT on the lease of real estate
On 1 January 2021, a provision of the VAT Act restricting the option to tax leases of selected real estate entered into effect. At the end of 2020, the General Financial Directorate (GFD) issued information to ensure a better understanding of the…
VAT after Brexit deal
On Christmas Eve, after lengthy negotiations that were very tense up to the last moment, the UK finally struck an agreement on its future relationship with the EU. For EU companies, this means that preparations made so far will not be wasted. Below…
Customs procedure post-Brexit
Brexit is drawing unstoppably closer, even though the coronavirus pandemic seems to have upstaged it for now. Early next year, however, the UK's withdrawal will hit us with full force. Which is why British experts are trying to shed light on at…
Holdings: do failed investments and changes in use of inputs lead to correction of VAT deduction?
At the beginning of November, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in the case of a Portuguese holding company which intended to acquire another company, but the transaction did not ultimately materialise. The Court was dealing…
Neither creditor nor debtor have to be VAT registered at the time of correcting tax base
Is it compatible with the VAT Directive that both creditor and debtor must be taxable persons for VAT purposes both when providing the supply and when correcting/reducing the taxable amount? The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) dealt with this…
Practical pitfalls of quick fixes
An amendment to the VAT Act implementing long-awaited changes to the intracommunity supply of goods (quick fixes) entered into effect on 1 September 2020. We may already comment on the first practical implications for taxpayers and on solutions to…
CJEU: Right to deduct VAT in full also for expenses benefiting a third party
In the Vos Aannemingen case (C-405/19), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dealt with whether it is possible to deduct, in full, input VAT on expenditures that benefited a third party, and when such benefit shall be regarded as…
Is it possible to deduct VAT on induced investments?
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the recent Mitteldeutsche Harstein-Industrie AG case (C-528/19) dealt with whether it is permissible to deduct input VAT on construction work carried out on a municipal road for the benefit of a municipality,…