Article 65 Directive 2006/112/EC
Supply of goods or services
Title VI · Chargeable event and chargeability of VAT › Chapter 2 · Supply of goods or services
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Text of Article 65
Where a payment is to be made on account before the goods or services are supplied, VAT shall become chargeable on receipt of the payment and on the amount received.
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Case law on Article 65: 17 cases
Judgments, orders and Advocate General opinions of the Court of Justice and the General Court that cite Article 65 of Directive 2006/112/EC, most recent first.
- C-519/21 DGRFP Cluj Judgment · 16 February 2023 · Romania
- C-80/20 Wilo Salmson France Judgment · 21 October 2021 · Romania
- C-9/20 Grundstücksgemeinschaft Kollaustraße 136 Opinion · 9 September 2021 · Germany
- C-324/20 X-Beteiligungsgesellschaft (VAT – Successive payments) Opinion · 1 July 2021 · Germany
- C-422/17 Skarpa Travel Judgment · 19 December 2018 · Poland
- C-544/16 Marcandi Judgment · 5 July 2018 · United Kingdom
- C-660/16 Kollroß and Wirtl Judgment · 31 May 2018 · Germany
- C-246/16 Di Maura Opinion · 8 June 2017 · Italy
- C-463/14 Asparuhovo Lake Investment Company Judgment · 3 September 2015 · Bulgaria
- C-107/13 FIRIN Judgment · 13 March 2014 · Bulgaria
- C-18/13 Maks Pen Judgment · 13 February 2014 · Bulgaria
- C-283/12 Serebryannay vek Judgment · 26 September 2013 · Bulgaria
- C-169/12 TNT Express Worldwide (Poland) Judgment · 16 May 2013 · Poland
- C-153/12 Sani treyd Order · 21 March 2013 · Bulgaria
- C-19/12 Efir Judgment · 7 March 2013 · Bulgaria
- C-549/11 Orfey Judgment · 19 December 2012 · Bulgaria
- C-520/10 Lebara Opinion · 8 December 2011 · United Kingdom
VAT Committee guidelines on Article 65: 4
Not binding. Positions agreed in the VAT Committee set up under Article 398 of Directive 2006/112/EC and published by the Commission.
- Meeting 102 · 30 March 2015 · document 4.3. Article 65 – tax treatment of reward-based crowdfunding, crowd-investing and crowd-lending
- Meeting 100 · 2014-02-24-25 · document 3.2 Article 2 of Regulation 1042/2013 – transitional measures – rules on the place of supply of telecommunications, broadcasting and electronically supplied services
- Meeting 099 · 3 July 2013 · document 4.5 Article 65 – VAT treatment of the purchase of airplane tickets
- Meeting 094 · 19 October 2011 · document 6.5 Article 65 – recapitulative statements in connection with payments on account – whether obligation to submit recapitulative statement when receiving total or partial payment on account