Supreme Court: conversion of former woollen fabric factory involves essentially new construction for VAT purposes

'Essentially new construction' changes for VAT

11 November 2022 - On 4 November 2022, the Supreme Court answered preliminary questions from the district court of Zeeland-West Brabant on the interpretation of the concept of 'essentially new construction' for VAT purposes. 'Essentially new construction' occurs when an essentially new building is created after renovation work on an existing building. The delivery of the transformed building is then...

ATAD3: Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive

26 April 2022 – The European Commission published a draft Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive – commonly known as ATAD3 – which seeks to prevent the misuse of so called ‘Shell Companies’ for tax purposes. ATAD3 may already impact your real estate structures, holding structures and financial investment structures as the review period has already started as from 1 January 2022.

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