- For VAT purposes, a complex transaction can count as a permuta (barter) only if there is a real synallagmatic link and a unitary economic purpose behind the acts, not merely separate formal contracts.
- Courts must look at the concrete practical aim of the deal and the overall economic/commercial function, to identify any “connection cause” between the linked transactions.
- Even if multiple acts are treated separately, VAT applies atomistically: each operation is assessed on its own, but they are connected by reciprocal consideration.
- In exchanges involving land for future buildings, the deal is a permuta only if ownership of the land transfers immediately and the future building is the true counterperformance; the construction obligation must be merely accessory.
- A transaction is considered onerous if there is a direct link between the supply and the consideration, consistent with EU Court of Justice principles.
Source: eutekne.info
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