Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 26 May 2016

Bookit, Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

Request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Exemption — Article 135(1)(d) — Transactions concerning payments and transfers — Meaning — Purchase of cinema tickets by telephone or via the Internet — Payment by debit card or credit card – ‘Card handling’ services

Case C-607/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
01/07/2016 Bookit
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:355
26/05/2016 Bookit
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:355
26/05/2016 Bookit
Application (OJ)
20/02/2015 Bookit
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.10 Tax provisions
    4.10.02 Harmonization of tax legislation
      4.10.02.01 Value added tax
        4.10.02.01.07 Exemptions
          4.10.02.01.07.02 Exemptions for other activities
            4.10.02.01.07.02.03 Transactions concerning deposit and current accounts, etc.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.10 Tax provisions
    4.10.02 Harmonization of tax legislation
      4.10.02.01 Value added tax
        4.10.02.01.07 Exemptions
          4.10.02.01.07.02 Exemptions for other activities
            4.10.02.01.07.02.03 Transactions concerning deposit and current accounts, etc.


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 29/12/2014

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

26/05/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 260 from 18.07.2016, p.5

Application: OJ C 81 from 09.03.2015, p.9

Name of the parties

Bookit

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bleckmann, Nils: “EuGH: Neues Tabestandsmerkmal für steuerbefreites Outsourcing?”, Betriebs-Berater 2016 p.1572 (DE)
  2. Carrasco González, Francisco M.: Impuesto sobre el valor añadido - Sentencia del TJUE (Sala Segunda) de 26 de mayo de 2016, Bookit, C-607/14, EU:C:2016:355, y sentencia del TJUE (Sala Segunda) de 26 de mayo de 2016, NEC, C-130/15, EU:C:2016:357, Revista española de Derecho Financiero 2016 nº 171 p.270-272 (ES)
  3. Von Streit, Georg: Umsätze im Zahlungs- und Überweisungsverkehr, EU-Umsatz-Steuerberater 2016 p.55-58 (DE)
  4. Le Normand-Caillère, Sabrina: Contours de l'exonération de TVA des opérations de virement et de paiement par carte, Revue Internationale des Services Financiers 2016 nº 3 p.92-94 (FR)
  5. Jacobs, Helge ; Zitzl, Alexander: Outsourcing im Zahlungsverkehr steuerfrei gem. § 4 Nr. 8 Buchst. d UStG?, Umsatzsteuer-Rundschau 2016 p.110-117 (DE)
  6. Grube, Friederike: Keine Steuerfreiheit der Abwicklung von Kreditkartenzahlungen beim Verkauf von Kinokarten per Telefon oder Internet, Mehrwertsteuerrecht 2016 p.535-536 (DE)
  7. Pernet, Benoît ; Gamito, Philippe: Arrêt Bookit - Opérations de paiement et de virement : "indispensable" ne signifie pas toujours " spécifique et essentiel", Revue Luxembourgeoise de Bancassurfinance 2016 nº 3 p.153-165 (FR)
  8. Mosbrucker, Anne-Laure: Un service de traitement de paiement par carte n'entre pas dans les exonérations de TVA prévues pour les opérations financières, Europe 2016 Juillet Comm. nº 7 p.36 (FR)
  9. Korneev, Denis: BFH: EuGH-Vorlage zur Steuerfreiheit im Bankbereich, Betriebs-Berater 2018 p.550-553 (DE)
  10. Vellen, Michael: Steuerbefreiung der Unterstützungsleistungen eines Dienstleisters für eine Bank beim Betrieb v. Geldautomaten?, EU-Umsatz-Steuerberater 2018 p.65-66 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

  • Taxation
  • - Value added tax

Provisions of national law referred to

Value Added Tax Act 1994, annexe 9, groupe 5

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jarašiūnas

Advocate General

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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