Key legal question
Whether the VAT reassessments for 1997-2001 were time-barred
Extracted holding
The claim was not prescribed because the limitation periods had been interrupted by the supplementary statements and later decisions.
Extracted reasoning
Under the applicable VAT rules, prescription could not have occurred before the end of 2002 for 1997 and before the end of 2006 for 2001 periods; the deadlines were interrupted several times.