Germany Federal Ministry of Finance: administrative guideline on the invoice correction/incorrect invoices with retrospective effect 20 September 2020
Germany Refusal of input tax deduction or tax exemption due to tax fraud and “need to know” – current developments 18 September 2020
European UnionGermany ECJ C-288/19 (Finanzamt Saarbrücken) – AG Opinion – Definition of short term hiring of vehicles, company car provided to an employee is not a service provided for consideration 17 September 2020
European UnionGermany ECJ C-528/19 (Mitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie AG) – Judgment – Deduction of input tax for construction work on public roads 16 September 2020
Germany New German tax court case about the fixed establishment concept for VAT purposes 12 September 2020
Germany Court case: Amazon does not become the seller-of-record for sales by a third-party retailer if the retailer uses Amazon’s FBA service 11 September 2020
European UnionGermany ECJ C-509/19 (BMW) – Judgment – Value of ‘free’ software to be added to the Customs Value of Imported electronic products 10 September 2020
BelgiumGermanyIrelandJob opportunitiesNetherlandsPolandSpainSwitzerlandUnited Kingdom Recent European VAT jobs 10 September 2020
Germany Denial of input VAT deduction or zero-rating due to tax fraud and allegation a taxpayer “should have known?” – current developments 10 September 2020
European UnionGermany ECJ – C-449/19 (WEG Tevesstraβe vs DE) – AG Opinion – VAT exemption for supplies of heat by owners’ associations for owners 10 September 2020
GermanyPoland Poland and Germany have completed a bi-lateral agreement on the exchange of information to detect VAT fraud 02 September 2020
Germany Fact sheet VAT on international passenger transport services using buses or coaches that are not registered in Germany 01 September 2020
Germany VAT in times of COVID-19 – Fast-track reduction of VAT – No excess input VAT deduction in case of VAT reduction 29 August 2020
Germany Federal Fiscal Court strengthens its restrictive opinion regarding retroactive invoice correction 28 August 2020
Germany The German Federal Tax Court has requested two preliminary rulings from the ECJ regarding the implementation of VAT grouping rules in Germany 25 August 2020
Germany New decision of the highest German tax court regarding VAT treatment of share deals (XI R 33/18, dated 18 September 2019) 25 August 2020
Germany VAT reduction as unconventional fiscal policy in Germany: Fast but heterogeneous pass-through in the fuel market 25 August 2020
Germany An invoice which does not contain a sufficient description of the service cannot be used to exercise a possible right of deduction 20 August 2020
European UnionGermany Flashback on ECJ cases – C-374/16 & C-375/16 (Geissel and Butin) – Supplier address not crucial for input VAT deduction 20 August 2020
European UnionGermany ECJ case C-518/14 (Senatex) – Judgment – VAT deduction for non-compliant invoices 19 August 2020
Germany VAT implications of the national emissions trading for fuel emissions from 01.01.2021 17 August 2020
Germany Annual Tax Act 2020 (Part 13): Invoice correction: no retroactive under the German General Fiscal Code 13 August 2020