Abandoning its previous case law, the Supreme Tax Court held that sports clubs cannot invoke a general VAT exemption based on the EU VAT Directive. Due to the result of an earlier ruling by the ECJ which was initiated by the Supreme Tax Court, the relevant Article 132(1)(m) of the VAT Directive 2006/112 does not a priori extend to all sports-related services provided by nonprofit organizations. ECJ C-488/18 (Golfclub Schloss Igling)
Source: PwC DE
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