- AG Kokott opines that transfer pricing adjustments in the Stellantis case are not payments for separate services but corrections to the original sales prices of vehicles.
- Such adjustments should result in corresponding changes to the VAT base of the initial transactions: downward adjustments reduce, and upward adjustments increase the taxable amount.
- She distinguishes between three types of transfer pricing adjustments: pure profit corrections (no VAT effect), remuneration for intra-group services (subject to VAT), and price corrections to earlier supplies (requiring VAT base adjustment).
- The opinion disagrees with the Portuguese tax authorities, who viewed the adjustments as remuneration for services subject to VAT.
- The guidance clarifies that, in this case, VAT consequences relate only to the original vehicle transactions, not to any separate service provision.
Source: rsm.global
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