- The Federal Finance Court of Germany made decisions on failed triangular transactions in VAT cases
- The court followed the European Court of Justice’s guidelines from the Austrian case Luxury Trust Automobil
- The court denied retroactive application of triangular regulations through invoice correction
- The issue has high practical relevance for various reasons
- The possibility of correction from now on remains unanswered but the court provided useful hints
- The article places these decisions in context and addresses unresolved questions
- The internal community trade in the internal market has become more complex for VAT purposes since the removal of customs borders on January 1, 1993
Source: datenbank.nwb.de
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