- The Münster Tax Court ruled that electricity deliveries from landlords to tenants are independent taxable supplies, not ancillary services to VAT exempt residential rentals
- This applies both to electricity generated by the landlord’s own photovoltaic system and electricity purchased from external suppliers before the PV system was operational
- The court determined these are independent taxable services when tenants can freely choose their electricity supplier and electricity is billed separately based on individual consumption
- The legal coupling prohibition in Energy Industry Act section 42a paragraph 2 supports this view, as tenant electricity contracts cannot be part of residential rental agreements
- Input services from PV system acquisition are therefore connected to taxable electricity supply rather than VAT exempt rental income, allowing input VAT deduction rights
Source: ebnerstolz.de
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