Den Haag Court rules in favor of VAT assessment due to refusal to provide administration

• The tax inspector imposed a VAT assessment on X, a car repair and trading company, for not reporting a portion of the bank deposits in their VAT return for 2017.
• X claimed that their administration, which was requested for verification, was in cardboard boxes in a car that had already been seized and destroyed.
• X also admitted that one of their previous statements in court was incorrect.
• The tax inspector based the VAT assessment on the amounts received in the bank account.
• X appealed the decision.
• The Court of The Hague ruled that the tax inspector was justified in imposing the VAT assessment.
• The court found X’s previous statements to be authentic, probable, and credible.
• It was deemed unlikely that the administration was in the seized car, as X’s tax advisor stated that it was handed over to X after the seizure.
• The court also upheld the penalty for X’s blameworthy and seriously negligent behavior.
• The appeal was dismissed.

Source: taxlive.nl

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