- The Italian Supreme Court ruled that the 10% VAT rate for residential property sales applies only if the home keeps its original residential purpose and is actually used for housing.
- The Court said “destination” must be assessed by real, concrete use of the property, not just its formal zoning or planning classification.
- In the case examined, a tourist-hotel complex had been sold as residential units with reduced VAT rates, but the Court held the properties still had a tourist-alberghiero nature.
- Because the administrative acts changing the use were irregular, the sales should have been subject to the ordinary VAT rate.
- The Court reaffirmed that reduced VAT does not apply to units built and managed as part of a tourism business, even if they are physically suitable as homes.
Source: eutekne.info
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