- The General Court held that a VAT group can use establishment-specific VAT exemptions only if the member actually providing the services meets the exemption conditions itself.
- A member’s exemption status cannot be “borrowed” from another VAT group member that qualifies as a recognized body or establishment.
- This distinguishes the question of who is the taxable person from the separate question of whether the specific supplier satisfies the exemption requirements.
- In the case, services provided by a non-qualifying company in the VAT group were not exempt just because another group member met the relevant criteria.
Source: kmlz.de
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