- Buyer cannot claim VAT refund from Italian tax authority if seller is bankrupt.
- Refund only possible if recovering VAT from seller is impossible or excessively difficult.
- Buyer must first attempt to recover VAT from seller through civil action.
- Seller’s bankruptcy is not enough to justify refund from tax authority.
- Impossibility or difficulty of recovering VAT must be assessed after attempting to recover it.
Source: eutekne.info
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