Intra-Community transfer of goods with uncertain recipient and VAT risk: EU judges ruling pre-2018/1910/EU directive

• The EU judges ruled on the legislation prior to the new directive 2018/1910/EU
• If a supplier has transferred goods with transport to another EU member state, the operation is not VAT exempt if the recipient is not proven to be a taxable person in that country
• The Court of Justice of the EU made a ruling on a case involving a Czech company that made intra-community transfers of goods to Poland
• The company failed to provide proof of the necessary conditions to benefit from VAT exemption
• The directive 2006/112/EC classified intra-community operations as VAT exempt if goods were shipped or transported within the EU to a different member state than the starting point of the shipment or transport.

Source: eutekne.info

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