- Germany’s VAT law allows for reduced tax rates on short-term rentals of living and sleeping spaces for hosting strangers.
- This also applies to short-term rentals of camping areas.
- The BFH court ruled that this law applies to all rentals of living and sleeping spaces by a business for short-term hosting of strangers, including rentals of living containers to harvest workers.
- The administration’s interpretation of the law must be adjusted to reflect this ruling.
Source: bundesfinanzministerium.de
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