Prejudicial questions to the Supreme Court on VAT consequences of foreign claims adjusters within insurance group

• The Court of Noord-Nederland has submitted preliminary questions to the Hoge Raad regarding the VAT consequences of foreign claims adjusters within an insurance group.
• The court is unsure whether the claims settlement services and insurance services provided by X constitute a single supply.
• X, a member of a insurance group, appoints foreign claims adjusters to handle claims abroad. These adjusters issue invoices to X for their services, which X treats as taxable services subject to the reverse charge mechanism.
• X believes that the VAT paid on these services is incorrect, as it argues that the claims settlement services and insurance services constitute a single supply.
• The court is uncertain whether these services should be considered a single, indivisible economic supply for VAT purposes.
• The court has posed two questions to the Hoge Raad regarding the nature of these services and their VAT treatment.

Source: taxlive.nl

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