- A Norwegian data center company sought a binding advance ruling on whether its services to a foreign client could be treated as a single VAT-exempt supply.
- The tax authority ruled that the services must be split: remotely deliverable services (like monitoring and data management) are VAT-exempt, while physical storage and infrastructure services are subject to Norwegian VAT.
- The company’s arguments that all services were consumed abroad and should be unified under the “principal supply doctrine” were rejected.
- The Tax Appeals Secretariat and Board found that the services had independent value and no single element dominated, so the unified service concept did not apply.
- The Board unanimously upheld the original decision, confirming only remotely deliverable services qualify for VAT exemption.
Source: skatteetaten.no
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