Swiss Court Upholds Import Duties for Unauthorized Domestic Bus Journeys by Foreign Transport Companies

• The case concerns whether domestic transport operations by company A. are subject to customs, VAT, and heavy vehicle tax.
• Passengers disembarking from a foreign bus and boarding another foreign bus for travel within Switzerland constitutes an unauthorized domestic journey.
• The buses were imported under a temporary use procedure without paying import duties.
• The court found this violated federal law.
• A.’s appeal was dismissed.

Source: search.bger.ch

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