In addition to practical difficulties in implementation, the temporary VAT rate reduction has raised a variety of questions of substantive law. The Federal Ministry of Finance already made mention of this issue in its letter of 30 June 2020. This said letter has now been supplemented by the newly published letter of 4 November 2020, which focuses primarily on the issues associated with the return to the “normal tax phase” on 1 January 2021. The regulations taken up are largely to be welcomed and provide some increased degree of legal certainty. Nevertheless, many issues of practical relevance still cannot be answered with legal certainty.
Source: KLMZ.de
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