- The court considers whether the claimant is entitled to an additional VAT refund.
- Under Dutch VAT law and EU rules, management of collective investment funds is VAT-exempt; pension funds can qualify if they are financed by beneficiaries, invest collectively, and participants bear the investment risk.
- It is undisputed that the pension fund is not an ICBE, is financed by (future) pension recipients, and invests with risk spreading; the key dispute is whether participants bear the investment risk.
- The court waited for a CJEU ruling, which held that pension fund participants only bear investment risk if pension benefits mainly depend on investment results, not on years of accrual or interruptions.
- The text ends mid-sentence, but the central issue is whether this pension fund meets the investment-risk requirement for VAT exemption.
Source: uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
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