- Company X operates a returnable packaging business across multiple European countries where they purchase packaging from suppliers and lease or loan it to food producers
- The packaging remains Company X property while food producers use it for domestic and cross border transportation of goods within EU Member States
- Company X representatives collect the used packaging from various EU countries and put it back into circulation creating a continuous cycle
- This business model creates VAT complexities across different jurisdictions including issues with intra EU movements, registration requirements, and tax treatment of payments like insurance and deposits
- An international project was conducted to analyze VAT consequences of different methods for making packaging available in each EU Member State resulting in a tax compliant structure
Source: mddp.pl
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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