Are the Swiss fixed establishment rules a solution to the VAT grouping issues of the European Union?
The VAT grouping provision in Article 11 of the VAT directive is a recent source of problems for the European Union. Especially the area of cross border head office to branch transactions was in the centre of attention in the recent case law. This thesis investigates the source of these problems and why they appeared in the first place, by analysing the provision and the notions used in Article 11
