The Right to deduct VAT in Europe
Notes on the Principle of Tax Neutrality
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https://doi.org/10.46801/2595-6280-rdta-42-2Keywords:
Tax Law, principle of neutrality, Value-added Tax (VAT), right to deductAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the principle of neutrality in light of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case law. Within value-added taxation, the principle of neutrality prevents the tax to be levied in a cascading way. As will be shown, the CJEU adopted a broad method to recognize the right to deduct value-added tax (VAT) in Europe, allowing credits on the purchases of goods and services directly and indirectly related to the entepreneurial activity. Nevertheless, given that the CJEU establishes, as a condition for granting the right of deduction, the analysis of the facts related in each case, it generates uncertainty for the use of its caselaw as a source of Law.
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