According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, tax authorities may refuse the right to deduct input VAT only when they obtain evidence that the taxpayer’s operating pattern and transactions were fictitious and served to circumvent taxation. Otherwise, entrepreneurs have the full right to reduce the tax.
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