Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-408/98Abbey National plc v Commissioners of Customs & Excise
- Decided
- 2001-02-22
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2001:110
- CELEX
- 61998CJ0408
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
VAT - Articles 5(8) and 17(2)(a) and (5) of the Sixth VAT Directive - Transfer of a totality of assets - Deduction of input tax on services used by the transferor for the purposes of the transfer - Goods and services used for the purposes of the taxable person's taxable transactions.
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