- The CJEU referred a case to the General Court regarding VAT input tax refund procedures for a Polish construction company.
- The case questions whether a summary data record and tabular list of invoices meets German legal requirements for VAT refund applications.
- The Cologne Fiscal Court doubts if refusing the refund based on these requirements is compatible with EU law.
- Two main questions were referred to the CJEU: whether EU law requires invoice details in a specific data record format for each invoice, and whether a summary list is sufficient for a valid electronic refund application.
Source: hub.kpmg.de
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