- The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled that monthly/quarterly VAT returns and annual VAT returns are separate acts, abandoning previous jurisprudence.
- The case involved a managing director who participated in VAT fraud by filing incorrect VAT returns and claiming wrongful input VAT.
- The BGH found that monthly/quarterly and annual VAT returns are independent tax returns with separate assessment procedures and can be evaluated independently.
- Multiple procedural acts do not result in inadmissible multiple punishment; generally, only one conviction applies unless legal reasons prevent prosecution of the annual return.
Source: kmlz.de
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