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Gelderland Court Ruling on VAT Deduction for City Office Construction with Sports Facilities

  • Case involves construction of a city office by a municipality from 2017 to November 1, 2019
  • Dispute over deduction of VAT based on the purpose of the building for office work related to sports activities
  • Expanded sports exemption from January 1, 2019 affects VAT deduction
  • Court assesses whether taxpayer is entitled to VAT refund for fourth quarter of 2019
  • Disagreement on application of transitional regime for VAT revision at first use
  • Inspector argues that invoices for construction from January 1, 2019 to November 1, 2019 do not fall under transitional regime
  • Taxpayer objects to addition of new dispute point during hearing
  • Inspector claims less input VAT deduction due to transitional regime not applying to invoices from January 1, 2019

Source: uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl

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