Questão jurídica principal
Whether the defendant’s appeal could challenge the award of VAT and the refusal of a cash discount
Decisão extraída
The objections were unfounded as the record showed the plaintiff had pleaded VAT liability and the defendant knew the relevant turnover; the appeal was inadmissible only insofar as it lacked proper reasoning on the discount issue.
Fundamentação extraída
The court relied on the lower-court findings that the plaintiff had alleged VAT liability, that the defendant handled the billing and knew the turnover, and that the transport statements included VAT amounts. The discount complaint did not meet the federal-law reasoning requirements.