Court settlement of invoices leads to VAT payment; legal ruling on debt offset in account.

• Set-off of invoices in current account leads to payment for VAT
• X bv receives invoices including VAT from bv 1 and bv 4 and offsets them in current account
• Inspector corrects deducted VAT, but court rules that offsetting does not result in novation of debt
• Court of Appeal ’s-Hertogenbosch rules that debt offsetting in current account is equivalent to payment according to the VAT Act 1968
• VAT assessment for 2013-2015 is annulled, but that for 2010 is rightly imposed
• Supreme Court declares appeal in cassation unfounded without further explanation

Source: taxlive.nl

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