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Other cases that caught our eye: 5 February 2021

AG opines on interest on overpaid VAT

In technoRent International and others (Case C-844/19) (21 January 2021) the advocate general concluded that there was a right under Directive 2006/112/EC article 183 for interest to be paid on excess VAT declared if the VAT surplus is not reimbursed in a reasonable period of time. In the UK HMRC currently pays interest on overpaid VAT but only where ‘HMRC makes a mistake’. The judgment of the main court is awaited. The relevance of this decision in the UK is complicated by the end of the Brexit transition period.

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VAT and economic activity

In AJFP Sibiu and DGRFP Brasov (Case C-655/19) (20 January 2021) it was found that the sale by a creditor of real estate – which the creditor had acquired by way of enforcement proceedings when a loan that it made (and which was secured on...

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