37With respect to the legitimate expectations of those concerned, such as Mr Sudholz, it must be pointed out that if the taxable person chooses to treat goods used both for business and private purposes as business goods, the VAT due as input tax on the acquisition of those goods is in principle wholly and immediately deductible (see, inter alia, Case C-97/90 Lennarti [1991] ECR I-3795, paragraph 26, and Case C-269/00 Seeling [2003] ECR I-4101, paragraph 41). In the absence of any provision empowering the Member States to limit the right to deduct, that right must be exercised immediately in respect of all the taxes charged on transactions relating to inputs (see, inter alia, Lennartz, paragraph 27, and Case C-37/95 Ghent Coal Terminal [1998] ECR I-1, paragraph 16).
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