- Transfer pricing adjustments in international business are common but VAT implications remain unclear.
- The EU Court of Justice’s Advocate General issued an opinion on a specific case involving a Belgian parent company and a Romanian subsidiary.
- The case involved services provided by the parent company, with adjustments treated as VAT-taxable remuneration.
- The opinion suggests each transfer pricing adjustment case should be analyzed individually.
- The case involved Arcomet Towercranes, a group dealing with crane rentals, with financial adjustments between the Romanian subsidiary and Belgian parent.
- Romanian tax authorities denied VAT deductions due to lack of evidence of service provision.
- The Advocate General stated that financial flows between related entities do not automatically trigger VAT obligations.
- Each financial flow must be assessed to determine if it constitutes a VAT-taxable transaction based on specific criteria.
Source: mddp.pl
See also
- ECJ C-726/23 (Arcomet Towercranes) – AG Opinion – Transfer Pricing Adjustment for intra-group services subject to VAT; documentation required
- Briefing Document: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-726/23 (SC Arcomet): VAT, Transfer Pricing and Intra-Group Services
- Join the Linkedin Group on ECJ/CJEU/General Court VAT Cases, click HERE
- VATupdate.com – Your FREE source of information on ECJ VAT Cases
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