- The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has published its decision in the Adient case concerning fixed establishments in the EU
- Adient is a group of companies in the automotive industry with a parent entity in Germany and a subsidiary in Romania
- The Romanian subsidiary provides manufacturing and assembly services to the parent company, as well as ancillary and administrative services
- The Romanian Tax Authorities concluded that the parent company had a fixed establishment in Romania, leading to VAT charges and penalties
- The ECJ decided that a fixed establishment is not created solely by one business providing services to another in the country of establishment
- The Court emphasized that the use of resources by a subsidiary should not trigger a fixed establishment
- The decision should provide more certainty on the issue of fixed establishments for businesses in the EU.
Source: essentiaglobalservices.com
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