Kernrechtsfrage
Whether administration and management services performed by the compensation fund for affiliated pension institutions are exempt from VAT under Art. 14 Ziff. 7 MWSTV.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Those services are taxable because they are services to separate third-party entities under a mandate and do not lose their character as taxable pre-supplies merely because the recipients are social security bodies.
Extrahierte Begründung
The exemption for social security covers the fund's own statutory activities in its own sphere, but not paid services rendered to affiliated institutions. VAT exemptions must be construed restrictively; exempting upstream administrative services would create distortions and no basis exists to extend the exemption to mandate services.