BFH IV R 55/11•Franchise fees: trade tax add-back only for protective rights
BFH IV R 55/11Bfh / Division 4Jan 12, 2017Remanded
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The Federal Fiscal Court clarified that unprotected know-how is not subject to trade-tax add-back under § 8 No. 1 letter f GewStG 2002. By contrast, the portion of a unified franchise fee attributable to the transfer of commercial protective rights is add-back relevant and may be estimated if not separately determined. The previous judgment of the Sächsisches Finanzgericht was not left in place; the matter was returned for further factual findings and recalculation.
§ 8 Nr. 1 Buchst. f GewStG 2002; franchise agreements and trade-tax add-back: remuneration for unprotected know-how is not covered, whereas the part of a unified franchise fee attributable to the transfer of commercial protective rights is add-back relevant. The decisive criterion is the existence of legally protected rights; mere experience-based know-how lacks the requisite object of add-back. If contractual remuneration is not separately broken down, the allocable share relating to protected rights may be estimated (consid. 1 ff.).
Entscheidungsdatum: 2017-01-12
Aktenzeichen: IV R 55/11
ECLI: ECLI:DE:BFH:2017:U.120117.IVR55.11.0
Dokumenttyp: Urteil
Normen: § 8 Nr 1 Buchst e GewStG 2002, § 8 Nr 1 Buchst f GewStG 2002, Art 3 Abs 1 GG, Art 12 GG, Art 14 GG, § 118 Abs 2 FGO, GewStG VZ 2008
Vorinstanz: vorgehend Sächsisches Finanzgericht, 28. September 2011, Az: 8 K 239/11, Urteil
Spruchkörper: 4. Senat
Gewerbesteuerliche Hinzurechnung bei Franchiseverträgen - Nur der Leitsatz der Entscheidung ist zur Veröffentlichung bestimmt
Aufwendungen für gesetzlich ungeschütztes Erfahrungswissen technischer, gewerblicher, wissenschaftlicher oder auch betriebswirtschaftlicher Art (Know-how) fallen nicht in den Anwendungsbereich des § 8 Nr. 1 Buchst. f GewStG.
Der Hinzurechnung nach § 8 Abs. 1 Buchst. f GewStG unterliegt aber der Teil eines einheitlichen Franchiseentgelts, der auf die Überlassung gewerblicher Schutzrechte entfällt. Der betreffende Teil ist ggf. durch Schätzung zu bestimmen.
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Whether payments for unprotected technical, commercial, scientific or business know-how fall under the add-back rule of § 8 No. 1 letter f GewStG 2002.
No. Expenditures for legally unprotected know-how are not covered by § 8 No. 1 letter f GewStG 2002.
The statutory concept does not extend to mere experience-based know-how without legal protection.
Whether the part of a single franchise fee attributable to the transfer of commercial protective rights must be added back under § 8 No. 1 letter f GewStG 2002.
Yes. The part of a unified franchise fee attributable to the transfer of commercial protective rights is subject to add-back and, if necessary, must be estimated.
The add-back applies to the remuneration for protected rights; where the fee is indivisible in form, the allocable share may be determined by estimation.
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