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Umsatzsteuer Newsletter 57/2022
ECJ: No VAT liability results from showing VAT on invoices to final consumers
Persons who have incorrectly or unjustifiably stated VAT in an invoice (sec. 14c German VAT Act / Art. 203 VAT Directive) can now claim a refund from their tax office more easily in certain instances. Previously, the issuer of the invoice was required to carry out the corrective actions provided for in sec. 14c German VAT Act (e.g. invoice correction). In deviation from this, the ECJ has now ruled that, in certain cases, it is not necessary to take corrective action. For this purpose, it must be established that the invoice issued does not give rise to a risk of input VAT deduction by the recipient of the invoice, e.g. because the recipient is a final consumer. Invoice issuers now have the opportunity to take advantage of the ECJ’s statements.
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Umsatzsteuer Newsletter 56/2022
ECJ on invoice correction in case of “unsuccessful” triangulations
According to the ECJ in Luxury Trust Automobil (Case C-247/21), the application of the triangular rule requires that the intermediary purchaser indicates, in his invoice, that the recipient is liable for the VAT. The ECJ hence abandons the chosen path of attaching only formal significance to invoice details. "Failed" triangular transactions cannot be cured retroactively. German tax courts have recently answered this question inconsistently. Unfortunately, it remains open whether the simplification for triangular transactions can be applied retrospectively, but without retroactive effect. The next court proceedings are thus pre-programmed.
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Umsatzsteuer Newsletter 55/2022
German Federal Fiscal Court: Scope of human intervention in case of electronically supplied services
The German Federal Fiscal Court comments on the question of how extensive human involvement must be in order to be opposed to an electronically supplied service. In the specific circumstances of a secondary lottery, the German Federal Fiscal Court denied an electronically supplied service due to human intervention, within the framework of determining and paying out winnings, which was considered as not only insignificant. The Federal Fiscal Court judgment is of great practical relevance, not only for secondary lotteries but also as regards the provision of other online services.
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