- ECJ issued preliminary ruling on Portuguese VAT rules
- Taxpayer sold used motor vehicles with zero-rated VAT
- Tax Authority deemed operations subject to normal 23% rate
- ECJ ruled that VAT should only be charged to final consumers
- Tax authorities can’t levy more VAT than taxable person received
- Price on invoices must be regarded as including VAT, unless national law allows passing on and recovering VAT
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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