No Dutch VAT refund for purchase of watches in Spain with Spanish VAT

• The case involves a dispute over a VAT assessment for the year 2016.
• The VAT assessment is based on a balance debt of VAT that arose from the company’s own records.
• The balance debt was incurred due to the purchase of watches in Spain with Spanish VAT, which were then sold in the Netherlands under the wrong tax scheme.
• The Spanish tax authorities rejected the request for a refund of the Spanish VAT.
• The court cannot provide a solution to the taxpayers’ appeal, as it would mean the end of their business and income.
• The court determines that the VAT assessment is correct based on the balance debt.
• The taxpayers argue that the balance debt should have been written off, as their accountant did for the year 2015.
• The court finds that the agreement with the tax authorities only applies to the period up to 2015 and does not include the first quarter of 2016.

Source: uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl

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