Judgment_paragraph 39 · H. A. Solleveld and J. E. van den Hout-van Eijnsbergen v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (C-443/04, C-444/04)

39As regards, secondly, the principle of fiscal neutrality, which is inherent in the common system of VAT, it must be remembered that, according to case-law, that principle precludes treating similar supplies of services, which are thus in competition with each other, differently for VAT purposes (Case C-109/02 Commission v Germany [2003] ECR I-12691, paragraph 20; and Kingscrest Associates and Montecello, paragraph 54).