- Affirming a decision of the Tax Appeals Tribunal, the High Court held that interchange fees an issuing bank earned from acquiring banks on card transactions are exempt from value added tax (VAT).
- Based on this decision, interchange fees paid to an issuer under facts similar to those at issue here should not be subject to VAT.
Source EY
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