- The FG Nürnberg ruled that input tax deduction from vehicle deliveries requires the recipient to have actual control over the goods.
- Merely handling formalities for intra-community delivery does not suffice for input tax deduction.
- The court examined the requirements for a VAT group, focusing on economic integration.
- Net invoicing agreements are similar to interim financing, where two civil law purchase contracts are treated as a single service for VAT purposes.
- The good or bad faith of the person claiming input tax is irrelevant; they must prove the conditions for input tax deduction.
Source: datenbank.nwb.de
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