- Repair services for hearing aids are subject to the standard VAT rate of 22 percent, not the reduced rate of 4 percent.
- The Italian Revenue Agency clarified this in legal advice number 8.
- The 4 percent rate applies only to the sale of devices for aiding the hearing of the deaf.
- Repairs do not fall under any category in the relevant table for reduced VAT.
- A 1987 ministerial circular already classified hearing aid repairs as services subject to the standard VAT rate.
- Resolution number 306/2002 confirmed that reduced VAT for vehicle adaptations for the disabled does not extend to repairs.
- Article 16 of DPR 633/72 does not allow the reduced rate for repair services, as they are not considered part of the production process.
Source: eutekne.info
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