- The Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance clarified that VAT exemption is denied for export deliveries involving under-invoiced export documents.
- A business owner exported goods to the U.S. and issued export invoices with values lower than those in accounting records, at the customer’s request.
- The taxpayer claimed a VAT exemption, arguing no domestic sales occurred and VAT should not apply to the full value.
- The Tax Office only granted the export exemption for the correctly invoiced portion.
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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