- The Danish Customs and Tax Administration has clarified refund rules for wrongly invoiced VAT.
- The case involved a company that paid invoices with incorrect Danish VAT charges to its mobile phone supplier.
- The supplier went bankrupt, preventing the company from getting a VAT refund.
- The company claimed a refund based on the EU principle of VAT neutrality and effectiveness.
- The Ministry of Taxation denied the refund, stating that the supplier did not pay the VAT amount to the tax authority.
- The Supreme Court upheld the denial, ruling that the refund could only be claimed if the erroneously invoiced VAT was actually paid to the tax authority.
- The VAT Act regulates the relationship between the supplier and the tax authority, not the taxpayer.
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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