- The BFH addressed whether a charitable sports club is entitled to deduct input VAT for constructing an artificial turf field.
- The administrative practice of not taxing services provided by sports clubs to their members contradicts established BFH case law and EU law.
- The case examined whether the club provides a single or multiple services to its members and whether these are tax-exempt or subject to a reduced VAT rate.
- The club’s purpose is to promote sports, especially youth sports, and it operates various sports activities.
- The club’s first men’s football team was run as a commercial business and collected admission fees for home games in 2015.
Source: datenbank.nwb.de
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