- A Polish company providing staff in the Netherlands requested a VAT refund for housing costs for its employees.
- The court ruled there is no right to VAT refund because employees were not obliged to accept company-provided housing and there were no special business circumstances requiring the company to rent accommodations.
- The appeal to the principle of legitimate expectation was also rejected.
- The court referenced Dutch VAT law and a 2020 Supreme Court ruling, confirming that VAT deduction for employee housing is only allowed in exceptional business circumstances, which were not present in this case.
Source: uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
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