14.09.2022 Payments from German Sports Aid Foundation to be taxed as bu ... In a recent ruling, the Supreme Tax Court decided that payments made by the German Sports Aid Foundation (Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe) to an athlete constitute business income of the athlete and thus is not only subject to income tax but also trade tax. Categories: Supreme Tax Court casesKeywords: athletes, sports services
16.05.2022 Value Added Tax: No automatic exemption for sports services Abandoning its previous case law, the Supreme Tax Court held that sports clubs cannot invoke a general VAT exemption based on the EU VAT Directive. Due to the result of an earlier ruling by the ECJ which was initiated by the Supreme Tax Court, the relevant Article 132(1)(m) of the VAT Directive 2006/112 does not a priori extend to all sports-related services provided by nonprofit organizations. Categories: Supreme Tax Court casesKeywords: golf, VAT Exemption, sports services, sp ...
13.12.2020 ECJ: No automatic VAT-exemption for sports related services ... The ECJ held that Article 132(1)(m) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC exempting ‘the supply of certain services closely linked to the practice of sport or physical education’ is not being of direct effect and cannot be directly invoked before the national (local) courts. It is for the national court to determine in detail what kind of services provided by sports clubs are exempt from VAT. Categories: European Court of JusticeKeywords: VAT Exemption, sports services, sports c ...
