ECJ RULES ON PUBLIC SERVANTS’ EXCISE DUTY LIABILITY REGARDING VEHICLE TRANSFERS
May 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has said European Union (EU) public service workers are liable to pay excise duty on cars acquired in a foreign EU member state, when they are transferred abroad for more than 185 days. In a case focusing on a Greek air force officer transferred to Naples, where he bought a Mercedes E200, the court has found that under EU directive 83/183 on the freedom of movement of workers, such public servants are deemed to have relocated to another member state after living there six months. If they later want to bring a car back ...
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