Criteria for financial interconnectedness of VAT group according to AG relaxed by ECJ judgment

Advocate General Ettema concludes that the requirements for financial interconnectedness have been met, and X BV forms a fiscal unity VAT together with the three BVs. The Court of Appeal ruled that a VAT group is not possible due to insufficient financial interdependence, but the AG advises the Supreme Court to declare the appeal well-founded, as the shareholding of 50% and the ability to impose one’s will are sufficient for the required financial link.

Source Taxlive

See also

• Roadtrip through ECJ Cases – Focus on ”VAT Grouping” (Art. 11)
• C-141/20 (Norddeutsche Gesellschaft für Diakonie mbH) – VAT group: Controlling member may be the only representative of a VAT group