Wine lovers must pay tax, says court

A group of 70 Dutch wine lovers will have to pay tax on wine brought into the Netherlands by a transport company, even although the bottles are for their own use.


The European Court of Justice ruled that wine is only free of Dutch taxes if it is imported by the ‘Cercle des amis du vin’ themselves.

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