- A fiscal unity received additional VAT assessments and a 25% gross negligence penalty for not charging VAT on fees (€122,500 and €85,000) related to real estate transactions, which it claimed were untaxed profit distributions, and for incorrectly deducting input tax on a supposed model home.
- The Zeeland-West-Brabant District Court upheld that the fees were subject to VAT as they were for taxable services, not profit distributions, given the clear services rendered and the unity’s non-contractual role in property transfer.
- The court mitigated the penalty, reducing it for the input tax correction on the model home due to insufficient proof of gross negligence by the Tax Administration, and further reducing it for exceeding the reasonable processing period.
Source BTW Jurisprudentie
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