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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11603

29 July 2016
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) taxation
Legal aid cannot be exonerated from VAT

Brussels, 28/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 July, the Court of Justice of the EU found that services provided by lawyers for the poorest members of society under legal aid cannot be exonerated from VAT, when all services they provide can be subject to VAT.

In this case (C-543/14), several law societies, associations and individuals approached the Belgian Constitutional Court to have the 2014 law introducing VAT (at 21%) on legal services in Belgium repealed. They argue that the...