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No VAT exemption or reduced VAT rate for offering HOVO courses

  • HOVO-onderwijs is for individuals aged fifty and older
  • X is affiliated with HOVO Nederland and offers about 40 courses
  • Court ruled that X’s HOVO courses are not exempt from sales tax under education exemption
  • X does not meet the recognition criteria for the exemption
  • Courses are also not exempt under the lecture exemption
  • X failed to prove courses are merely text recitations for an audience
  • Courses cannot be considered lectures under the reduced rate
  • The appeal by the Inspector is upheld
  • X is entitled to compensation for undue delay

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