- Background and Dispute: Stichting X, a municipal entrepreneurs’ fund that is not itself a VAT entrepreneur, challenged additional VAT assessments and denied refunds for 2025 after the tax inspector formally revoked an earlier arrangement allowing an 83% input tax deduction under the Turnover Tax Deduction Decree.
- Failure to Meet Statutory Decree Conditions: The District Court of The Hague held that X was not entitled to deduct input VAT because the policy approval strictly requires that only qualifying VAT entrepreneurs are affiliated with the organization, a condition X failed to meet as non-entrepreneurs were also affiliated.
- Rejection of Legal Principles and Verdict: The court dismissed Stichting X’s appeals, rejecting both the claim of legitimate expectations (the inspector had formally withdrawn approval without making binding promises for 2025) and the principle of equality (due to a lack of evidence that comparable funds were treated differently).
Source Taxlive
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