20.10.2017 VAT – Supply of goods – Finance lease with option to purchas ... On 4 October 2017 the European Court of Justice decided that a finance lease with an option to purchase should be qualified as a “supply of goods” where the exercise the option appears to be the only economically rational choice that the lessee could make at the appropriate time. As a result the whole of the VAT becomes due when the object to be leased is handed over. Categories: From Europe, European Court of JusticeKeywords: car leasing, VAT, Supply of goods, Finan ...