- New circular from Assonime explains latest news regarding VAT exemption for cosmetic surgery services
- Dispute between tax authorities and doctors arose following decision of Court of Justice of the European Union
- Tax exemption regime strictly interpreted and applies to medical care with psycho-physical therapeutic purposes
- Surgeons and Revenue Agency had long dispute regarding VAT taxation on cosmetic surgery interventions
- Legislators clarified that tax exemption applies only if interventions have therapeutic purposes certified by a doctor
- VAT taxation for cosmetic surgery operations carried out before regulatory change remains unchanged
- Assonime circular clarifies that same principles apply to aesthetic medicine as well.
Source: agenzianova.com
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