- European Court of Justice issued a preliminary ruling on VAT treatment of auctioning pledged goods
- Case involved a Portuguese pawnbroker company carrying out auctions of pledged goods when borrowers defaulted on loans
- Tax authority held the company liable for VAT on sales commissions earned from auctions
- Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal referred the case to the ECJ
- ECJ ruled that auction services are not ancillary to VAT-exempt loan services
- Supplies relating to organization of sales through auction of pledged goods do not share tax treatment of principal supplies relating to VAT
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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