European Union: Court of Justice of European Union issued ruling on interpretation of value added tax of electronically supplied services

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Court of Justice of European Union issued ruling on interpretation of value added tax of electronically supplied services

On 9 October 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling on Value Added Tax (VAT) rules for electronically supplied services through application (app) stores and “in-app” purchases made before 1 January 2015. The Court held that…

Scope

Policy Area
Taxation
Policy Instrument
Indirect taxes
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court

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2024-02-07
under deliberation

On 7 February 2024, the Federal Fiscal Court of Germany lodged a request for a preliminary ruling w…

2025-10-09
in force

On 9 October 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling on Value Added Tax (V…