CELEX: 62019CA0288
Language: en
Date: 2021-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-288/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht des Saarlandes — Germany) — QM v Finanzamt Saarbrücken (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 2(1)(c) — Supplies of services for consideration — Article 26(1) — Transactions treated as supplies of services for consideration — Article 56(2) — Determination of the point of reference for tax purposes — Hiring of means of transport — Making cars available to employees)

8.3.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 79/5
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht des Saarlandes — Germany) — QM v Finanzamt Saarbrücken
      (Case C-288/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Taxation - Value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 2(1)(c) - Supplies of services for consideration - Article 26(1) - Transactions treated as supplies of services for consideration - Article 56(2) - Determination of the point of reference for tax purposes - Hiring of means of transport - Making cars available to employees)
      (2021/C 79/05)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Finanzgericht des Saarlandes
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: QM
      
         Defendant: Finanzamt Saarbrücken
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      On a proper construction of the first subparagraph of Article 56(2) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, as amended by Council Directive 2008/8/EC of 12 February 2008, the act of making a vehicle forming part of the assets of the business of a taxable person available to one of that taxable person’s employees does not fall within the scope of that provision if that transaction does not constitute a supply of services for consideration within the meaning of Article 2(1)(c) of that directive. By contrast, the first subparagraph of Article 56(2) of Directive 2006/112 does apply to such a transaction if it involves a supply of services for consideration within the meaning of Article 2(1)(c) of that directive and if that employee has a permanent right to use that vehicle for private purposes and to exclude other persons from using it, in exchange for rent and for an agreed period of more than 30 days.
      
         (1)  OJ C 206, 17.6.2019.