The Supreme Tax Court held that the input tax on staff outing costs (internal Christmas get-together) ranking as an employee benefit cannot be deducted. If the employer receives services for so-called staff events, he is only entitled to deduct the input VAT on the underlying costs if the services do not exclusively serve the private needs of the employees of the company but are caused by the special circumstances of the employers’ business activity.
Source: PwC DE
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