The Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) ruled that the formal service of documents under public law by a postal service provider in 2008 and 2009 constituted a so-called “postal universal service” which was exempt from VAT. The tax exemption could be derived directly from European law.
Source: js-steuerberater.de
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