42If the taxable person were denied deduction of input VAT payable for subsequent taxable business uses, despite his initial wish to allocate the capital goods in their entirety to his business, with future transactions in mind, he would not be relieved entirely of the burden of the tax relating to the asset which he uses for the purposes of his economic activity and the taxation of his business activities would lead to double taxation contrary to the principle of fiscal neutrality inherent in the common system of VAT (see, to that effect, Puffer, paragraphs 45 and 46).
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