Austria MOF Clarifies Input Tax Refund Rules for Intra-Community Goods Deliveries

• Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance clarifies input tax refund on intra-community tax-free deliveries of goods
• Taxpayer, a German resident, purchased used motor vehicles from entrepreneurs in Austria
• Taxpayer applied for a refund of input taxes paid, which was rejected by tax authority
• Federal Finance Court agreed with tax authority, stating refund procedure didn’t apply
• Input tax refunds cannot be granted if tax was wrongly invoiced under domestic law
• Austria’s reimbursement procedure doesn’t extend to incorrectly invoiced VAT amounts or VAT for tax-free deliveries of goods

Source: news.bloombergtax.com

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