VAT Deduction Rights: Formal Conditions and Invoice Requirements – Recent ECJ Case Law Implications

• The formal conditions for exercising the right to deduction of VAT on purchase invoices
• Recent developments related to the consequences of EU Court of Justice rulings on VAT rules for private copying and fair remuneration
• The existence of a VAT invoice does not automatically grant the right to deduction, as the tax must have been legally due by the issuer of the document
• This principle has been confirmed by the Court of Justice of the European Communities in a specific case from December 13, 1989

Source: bofip.impots.gouv.fr

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