Swiss Supreme Court Partially Upholds VAT Set-Offs; 2014 Claim Time-Barred, Others Dismissed

• The case concerned VAT obligations from 2012 to 2016 and set-offs made by the FTA after administrative criminal proceedings.
• The Federal Supreme Court (FSC) agreed with the lower court’s limitation of the dispute and the determination of the additional tax claim still in question.
• Some taxpayer complaints were rejected as the taxpayer was not adversely affected, inadequately substantiated, or clearly unfounded.
• The limitation period for the obligation to pay was governed by Art. 105 para. 3 let. a and Art. 42 MWSTG, as no qualified offence was recognized.
• The absolute statute of limitations had expired for the 2014 tax period, so the taxpayer’s appeal was partially approved for that year.

Source: search.bger.ch

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