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Investment in Renewable Energy Installations in Municipality

  • Municipality investing in Renewable Energy Installations
  • Purchase and installation of solar collectors on residents’ buildings
  • Installations on roofs or walls of residential buildings, occasionally on ground or agricultural buildings
  • Co-financed by European Regional Development Fund
  • VAT settlement
  • Municipality questioning whether reverse charge mechanism should be applied when purchasing services from Contractors
  • Administrative courts ruled Municipality not obligated to use reverse charge mechanism as Contractors do not act as subcontractors under VAT law
  • Municipality’s stance on not using reverse charge mechanism deemed correct
  • Municipality’s relations with Residents
  • Agreements with residents outlining mutual obligations for installation and operation of Installations
  • Residents contribute to investment costs, Municipality remains owner for 5 years before transferring ownership to residents
  • Taxation of grant received by Municipality for Installation purchase not part of current interpretation.

Source: sip.lex.pl

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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