- Swedish Tax Court issued Advance Notice clarifying VAT on auction fees for selling pledged goods on pawnbroker loans
- Taxpayer auctioned pledged goods on defaulted loans and charged fees when sale amount exceeded debt
- Taxpayer sought clarification on whether auction fee was subject to VAT or exempt as banking and financial service
- Tax Court clarified that auction fee was non-exempt compensation for VAT-taxable service
- Sales commission served as compensation for lender’s services in organizing and executing sale
- Organizing auction sale was independent of credit service provided
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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