Brussels, 11/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - There is nothing to stop the member states of the EU from applying VAT to the services provided by lawyers, even if this considerably increases the cost of these services, Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston concluded, before the Court of Justice of the EU, on Thursday 10 March.
Sharpston presented her conclusions in the framework of a case (C-543/14) concerning Belgium. Since 1 January 2014, this member state has applied VAT (21%) to the services...