Questão jurídica principal
Who is entitled to the VAT input tax credit after dissolution of a VAT group?
Decisão extraída
The credit belonged to the VAT group as such during membership; after dissolution it had to be paid to all former group members jointly or to a jointly appointed representative.
Fundamentação extraída
The VAT group is treated as one taxable person, but the statute does not regulate dissolution. By analogy to the simple partnership, the former members are jointly entitled to the claim and the debtor may discharge only by paying all jointly or a common representative.