- The court held that VAT on the sale of pledged goods must be calculated under VAT law, and that civil law on pledges is only relevant for determining what amounts were actually owed between the parties.
- For the margin scheme, the amount “paid or payable” by the pawnbroker to the pledgor is only the cash amount originally advanced, not the lost pawn-loan fee or other forgone amounts.
- The margin-scheme guidance for hire-purchase or financial lease repossessions does not apply here, because this case involves a pawnbroker taking in goods, not a supplier repossessing goods after installment default.
- The tax inspector therefore correctly imposed the additional VAT assessments, and the request for preliminary questions to the Supreme Court was denied.
- Since the assessment stands, the related interest decision also remains in force.
Source: uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
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