In a recently published judgment, the Supreme Tax Court decided that contributions made by parents to a support association for their children’s private school may, under certain circumstances, be treated as deductible school tuition for income tax purposes. However, expenses for lodging, care, and meals are not eligible.
The European Commission decided to send a reasoned opinion to Germany for not properly applying EU rules on exempting private tuition services from VAT as laid out in the VAT Directive and clarified by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) dealt with the question if the provision of swimming lessons would be VAT exempt under EU VAT guidelines. The ECJ held that swimming tuition provided by a private swimming school does not fall under the exemption rule as “school and university tuition” in Article 132 (1) (i) and (j) of the VAT Directive 2006/112.
