VAT Neutrality across Europe: strategies and insights

Key topics         

Real Estate

• The complexities of VAT application in property transactions and investments
• The challenges in achieving VAT neutrality, particularly in the context of property development, sales, and leasing activities
• The impact of VAT on real estate pricing, notably on the housing market, the right to deduct input VAT for real estate investors, and the implications of recent case law on the taxation of property-related services.

Financial sector

• The evolving landscape of VAT legislation and how it affects financial institutions and investment funds
• The impact of digitalization in financial services on VAT and the difficulties in determining the nature and place of supply
• The contentious issue of input VAT recovery for financial services.

Tax inspections

• The challenges businesses face when seeking to pass-on the adjusted VAT burden to their customers
• The role of documentation and record-keeping in proving the right to input VAT deductions
• Strategies for effectively managing disputes with tax authorities.

 
Participating Law Firms

Arendt | CMS Francis Lefebvre | Cobalt | Cuatrecasas | DGKV |Greg Lockhart | Hulgaard | KMLZ | Leitner Leitner | Macchi di Cellere Gangemi | Mannheimer Swartling | MDDP | Nunziante Magrone | Sorainen | Tiberghien | Walder Wyss