Tax Treatment of Bonus Payments in Central Regulation Business: German Federal Fiscal Court Ruling

• The case involves the tax treatment of bonus payments in central regulation business.
• The Federal Fiscal Court ruled that discounts given by a central regulator to its customers do not reduce the tax base for services provided to suppliers.
• Bonus payments received by customers from the central regulator do not lead to a correction of input tax deduction.
• The case was sent back to the Finance Court of Münster for further proceedings.
• The plaintiff is a business dealing in sanitary goods and was a partner in a company handling central regulation and other services.
• The company negotiated terms with suppliers, including bonuses, without the involvement of the partners.
• Bonuses were collected from suppliers and distributed to partners, along with discounts and fees.

Source: bundesfinanzhof.de

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