- In judicial cost assessment decisions, VAT on litigation costs can only be considered and determined if the winning party declares that they are not entitled to input tax deduction.
- The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court had to address how to proceed in cases of joint plaintiffs, where only some of them are entitled to input tax deduction.
- In cases where not all joint plaintiffs are entitled to input tax deduction, the internal relationship regarding the possible VAT liability cannot be ignored in the cost assessment process.
- If a joint plaintiff entitled to input tax deduction bears all the costs internally, VAT cannot be demanded from the other joint plaintiffs.
Source: porezna-uprava.hr
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