- Input tax is VAT on goods and services used for economic activities and is recoverable only if linked to taxable or exempt with credit supplies.
- Input tax related to exempt without credit supplies or out-of-scope activities is not recoverable.
- A 2025 judgment ruled that merely changing the intended use of immovable property does not justify full input tax recovery.
- Input tax recovery was allowed only for property units actually used for taxable rental activities.
- Penalties for overclaimed VAT were upheld, and the court ordered the assessment to be finalized within a set period.
Source: pwc.com
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