Key legal question
Whether the respondent’s concession-based cross-border postal transport services were exempt from VAT without input tax deduction under Art. 14 No. 1 MWSTV or zero-rated under Art. 15 MWSTV.
Extracted holding
The services fell under the postal monopoly and were exempt from VAT without input tax deduction under Art. 14 No. 1 MWSTV; Art. 15 MWSTV did not displace that exclusion.
Extracted reasoning
The wording of Art. 14 No. 1 MWSTV covers all transport of goods subject to the postal monopoly, including services by licensed private operators. The zero-rating provision of Art. 15 Abs. 2 lit. d MWSTV does not create input-tax entitlement for turnovers excluded under Art. 14, because Art. 29 MWSTV allows deduction only for taxable purposes.