- The court held that a bike sale and the accompanying maintenance package/service card are two separate supplies with their own consideration, not a single composite supply.
- The maintenance package qualifies as an independent service subject to the reduced VAT rate for bicycle repairs under Table I, post b.4.
- The Dutch tax authority’s position that the package was ancillary to the bike sale and had to follow the bike’s 21% VAT treatment was rejected.
- The court also rejected reallocating the invoice discount proportionally to the maintenance package, finding no basis to depart from the agreed pricing structure.
Source: btwjurisprudentie.nl
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