On 05.07.2018 the European Court of Justice ruled in the case Marle Participations - C-320/17 that a holding company is generally entitled to fully deduct input VAT from costs in connection with the acquisition of shares in its subsidiaries. The prerequisite is that the holding company intervenes in the management of its subsidiaries and, to this extent, carries out an economic activity. A holding company is already regarded as carrying out an economic activity when it provides rental services subject to VAT to its subsidiaries.
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