- The German Federal Fiscal Court confirmed that hotel breakfast is subject to the standard VAT rate, because it does not directly serve the purpose of accommodation.
- The same standard VAT treatment applies to hotel fitness and wellness facilities.
- Parking spaces are not a taxable supply where they are freely available to the public and other visitors on the same basis as hotel guests; mere availability to guests is also not enough without a specific enforceable obligation to provide parking.
- The court left open whether hotel Wi‑Fi access is a taxable supply in the specific cases, so lower courts must decide that point.
Source: kmlz.de
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