- Reimbursement of legal expenses by the losing party does not have VAT applied if the winning party is a lawyer who defended themselves
- Personal defense by a lawyer in court does not constitute a service subject to VAT
- Court ruling states that there is no VAT relevance in the service provided by a lawyer to themselves
- In the absence of different parties, there is no service subject to VAT according to the law
- The client of the service cannot be considered the losing party, so VAT cannot be charged to them along with legal expenses to be reimbursed
Source: eutekne.info
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