- The European Court of Justice issued a judgment on German import VAT rules
- The case involved a Poland-based company transporting cigarettes to a German buyer without informing customs authorities
- The German Principal Customs Office determined that import VAT was incurred in Germany and issued a tax notice
- The ECJ ruled that the national customs legislation was incompatible with EU Directive 2006/112/EC
- The national customs legislation only applied to the time of the chargeable event, not the place of importation
- Revenue from import VAT belongs to the EU members where financial consumption occurred.
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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