Dutch VAT on Invoices for Spanish Services in the Netherlands Rightfully Charged, Court Rules

• A business specializes in industrial cooling systems.
• The tax inspector claims the business underpaid VAT and issues a VAT assessment.
• The business owner argues some services were provided from Spain and mistakenly included Dutch VAT on invoices.
• The Zeeland-West-Brabant court rules the VAT assessment is correct and the amount is justified.
• The business is liable for Dutch VAT as it was listed on the invoices.
• The court reduces the penalty due to exceeding a reasonable time frame.

Source: fiscount.nl

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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