- A Dutch company made VAT-free metal deliveries to UK customers, claiming zero VAT rates.
- Dutch tax authorities denied the zero rate and imposed a €2.5 million assessment due to VAT fraud by the UK customers.
- The UK customers committed fraud by submitting false invoices, filing incorrect returns, or not filing returns.
- The court found the Dutch company knew or should have known about the fraud due to poor due diligence, suspicious customer behavior, and prior warnings.
- The court upheld the tax assessment and rejected the company’s appeal.
Source: uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
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