- A VAT entrepreneur can designate their mixed-use home as VAT business property if they partially deduct VAT in their first VAT return.
- A man requested a VAT refund for the construction of his home, including the costs of the roof.
- The tax authorities later issued a reassessment for a portion of the refund related to the roof construction.
- The dispute reached the Court of Appeal, where it was agreed that the man had timely requested the VAT refund.
- The question was whether the man had designated the home as business property in a timely manner.
- The Court ruled that the man had made the designation by partially deducting VAT on the construction of the home in his refund request.
- The Court also determined that the man had made the designation in a timely manner, as he had the option to do so in the VAT return for the period in which he started using the property.
- Therefore, the reassessment was rightfully overturned by the lower court.
Source: taxence.nl
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