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Real Estate and Value Added Tax: Tax Planning Options for Property Transfers

  • Value added tax and real estate are common topics in consulting
  • Three possible ways to transfer real estate for VAT purposes: exempted, voluntarily taxed, or through a reporting procedure
  • Selling real estate as an exempted transaction means no VAT is triggered, but the seller may need to adjust previous VAT deductions
  • Example provided of a company selling a property and needing to adjust VAT deductions for renovations
  • The buyer takes over the property without VAT implications

Source: primetax.ch

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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