- The administrative practice of not taxing services provided by sports clubs to their members contradicts established BFH case law and EU law.
- The case involved a non-profit sports club that treated membership fees as taxable and claimed input tax deduction for constructing an artificial turf field.
- The tax office considered municipal grants taxable and membership fees as tax-exempt participant fees, denying the input tax deduction.
- The lower court partially ruled in favor of the club, but the BFH overturned this, citing errors in assessing whether the club provided a single or multiple services to its members.
- The BFH left open whether the club’s services are tax-exempt and did not decide on the input tax deduction, sending the case back for further review.
Source: datenbank.nwb.de
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