Posts tagged with power of disposal

Recent developments in the interpretation of the “power of disposal” as PE threshold

Recently, the Austrian Federal Tax Court (BFG) dealt in its decision (BFG 8/2/2024, RV/6100451/2018) with the requirements for the power of disposal triggering a permanent establishment. Fact pattern A German dentist treated inmates of Austrian prisons. The tax authority generally has a rather broad understanding of the power of disposal over a fixed place of […]

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New VwGH case law on the PE definition in tax treaty law

A new decision of the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court (VwGH) (22.6.2022, Ro 2020/13/0004) was recently published regarding the definition of a “fixed place” under tax treaty law. For a fixed place to exist, a taxable person must have power of disposal over it. For Austrian tax purposes, a decisive hallmark of the existence of a […]

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