Questão jurídica principal
Whether the transfer of the television rights against assumption of debts constituted a taxable VAT exchange of services
Decisão extraída
Yes. The rights were transferred in return for the assumption of equivalent debts, so a consideration-based transaction existed.
Fundamentação extraída
The court upheld the factual findings that the accounting records, board minutes and audit reports showed reciprocal benefits of equal value; the taxpayer failed to show arbitrariness in those findings.