The Tax Appeals Tribunal issued a judgment in a case concerning the imposition of value added tax (VAT) on interchange fees and excise tax (duty) on lending fees and interchange fees charged by a bank when customers use debit or credit cards. The appellate tribunal held that the merchant service fees earned by issuing banks are exempt from VAT.
Source: KPMG
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