On 10 March the ECJ delivered its judgment in the joined cases of Manfred Bog CinemaxX Entertainment Lothar Lohmeyer and Fleischerei Nier (Cases C-497/09 C-499/09 C-501/09 and C-502/09).
The references were from the German courts questioning whether supplies of (broadly speaking) fast food should be charged to VAT at the standard rate or at a reduced rate.
Germany allowed for a reduced rate of VAT for supplies of prepared food but did not if those were supplies of services. Their legislation provided that:
‘The supply of food and beverages for consumption on the spot is a supply of services. Food and beverages are supplied for consumption on the spot if in accordance with the circumstances of the supply they are intended to be consumed in a place which is spatially connected with the place of supply and special facilities...
On 10 March the ECJ delivered its judgment in the joined cases of Manfred Bog CinemaxX Entertainment Lothar Lohmeyer and Fleischerei Nier (Cases C-497/09 C-499/09 C-501/09 and C-502/09).
The references were from the German courts questioning whether supplies of (broadly speaking) fast food should be charged to VAT at the standard rate or at a reduced rate.
Germany allowed for a reduced rate of VAT for supplies of prepared food but did not if those were supplies of services. Their legislation provided that:
‘The supply of food and beverages for consumption on the spot is a supply of services. Food and beverages are supplied for consumption on the spot if in accordance with the circumstances of the supply they are intended to be consumed in a place which is spatially connected with the place of supply and special facilities...