Question juridique clé
Whether the company remained VAT-liable in the periods 2002-2004 despite failing the turnover threshold and not deregistering.
Solution extraite
No. Once the annual turnover threshold was no longer met and no further exceedance was expected, VAT liability ended; failure to deregister only created a presumption of voluntary opt-in.
Motifs extraits
Art. 29 lit. b aMWSTG ended liability at year-end 2001. The company’s omission to deregister triggered only the presumption under Art. 56 Abs. 3 aMWSTG, which still required a valid voluntary subjection under Art. 27 aMWSTG.