Question juridique clé
Whether the company's VAT registration and input tax deductions had to be denied because the structure constituted tax avoidance.
Solution extraite
Yes. The company was used abusively as a vehicle to obtain input tax refunds for aircraft used exclusively for private purposes, so VAT taxpayer status had to be refused.
Motifs extraits
The corporate structure was unusual and unsuitable for the economic purpose because the aircraft were used only privately by the sole shareholder; registration served only to obtain input tax refunds exceeding output tax.