Battery charging is not electricity generation

BFH VII R 33/10Bfh / Division 719 giu 2012Dismissed

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Sintesi Omnilex

The Federal Fiscal Court held that charging a battery does not amount to electricity generation under the electricity tax manufacturer privilege. The conversion of alternating current into direct current is merely a technical part of the charging process and does not independently qualify as generation. The revision therefore failed, and the taxpayer did not obtain the claimed tax privilege.

Massima Omnilex

§ 9 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 StromStG; battery charging and conversion of alternating current into direct current do not constitute electricity generation. The manufacturer privilege presupposes the production of electricity in the statutory sense. Mere charging of a battery is consumption and storage of electrical energy; the associated rectification from AC to DC is only a preparatory technical process and not an independent generation act (consid. 2 ff.).

Testo completo

BFH — VII R 33/10, Urteil

Entscheidungsdatum: 2012-06-19

Aktenzeichen: VII R 33/10

Dokumenttyp: Urteil

Normen: § 9 Abs 1 Nr 2 StromStG, § 9 Abs 4 StromStG, § 1 Abs 1 StromStG, Art 14 Abs 1 S 1 Buchst a EGRL 96/2003, Art 21 Abs 3 EGRL 96/2003, Art 4 Abs 3 EWGRL 81/92

Spruchkörper: 7. Senat

Titelzeile

(Stromsteuerrechtliches Herstellerprivileg - Auslegung von § 9 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 StromStG - Aufladen einer Batterie ist keine Stromerzeugung - Umwandlung von Wechselstrom in Gleichstrom)

Parole chiave

electricity taxmanufacturer privilegebattery chargingelectricity generationconversionrectification

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether charging a battery counts as electricity generation within § 9(1) No. 2 StromStG.

Decisione estratta

No. Charging a battery is only consumption and storage of electricity, not electricity generation.

Motivazione estratta

The privilege requires electricity to be produced in the sense of generation. Mere conversion of incoming current and storage in a battery does not create electricity anew.

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether converting alternating current into direct current during the charging process changes the assessment under § 9(1) No. 2 StromStG.

Decisione estratta

No. The conversion from AC to DC is only a technical preparation for charging and does not constitute electricity generation.

Motivazione estratta

The court treated the conversion as part of the charging process, not as an independent generation step falling under the statutory privilege.

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