- The European Court of Justice ruled that both trade factoring and invoice factoring fees are subject to VAT as a single, indivisible supply related to debt collection, not as exempt financial services.
- Factoring involves a company assigning unpaid invoices to a factoring company for early payment, with trade factoring transferring ownership and risk, and invoice factoring using receivables as collateral.
- The case arose due to unclear Finnish legal practice on VAT treatment of factoring fees, leading to a request for a preliminary ruling from the ECJ.
- The ECJ clarified that both factoring commission and arrangement fees are taxable under the VAT Directive when the factoring company relieves clients of debt recovery and non-payment risk.
- The judgment provides guidance for consistent VAT treatment of factoring fees in Finland and potentially across the EU.
Source: borenius.com
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