A final draft of the ,so called, “Ley Crea y Crece Ordinance” (the Ordinance) has been published at the website of the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Enterprise, for a public allegations period ending the 7th of April 2025.   Once the allegation period is over the Ordinance will have to be approved by the Ministers’ Council for its subsequent publication at the official Gazette, to be followed by the Ministerial Order that is to regulate the public e-invoicing solution it regulates (the Minis...

I. Background   On December 2022 the European Commission proposed a wide reform package to modernize and simplify the EU’s VAT ( “VAT in the Digital Age” or plan ViDA), with new rules on electronic invoices and real-time data reporting, as well as business carried out through digital platforms, with the objectives of fighting against tax fraud, supporting businesses and promoting digitalization. After almost two years of political struggle, the ViDA package was politically adopted by the EU Coun...

The Ministerial Order HAC/1177/2024 that develops the technical aspects required for the invoicing software used by companies so they are compliant with Royal Decree 1007/2023, of 5 October (the, so called,  Veri*factu Ordinance) has been published in Today Official Gazette (accessible at the link: Disposición 22138 del BOE núm. 260 de 2024 ). With the publication of the Order, the 9 months dead-line for software developers and marketers so to adapt their invoicing applications to the new techni...

 I. A change of paradigm of the internal VAT management function   It is common that multinational companies which operate globally incur VAT reporting obligations in more than one country. When this happen, because of the different reporting parameters and technologies required by each jurisdiction, being able to remain compliant is a complex task and requires a flexibility which may not always exist, especially where the ERP, IT, financial and VAT reporting functions are centralized at group l...

As the fight against tax fraud becomes a critical issue and top ranks in the agendas of Governments around the world, there are an increasing number of tax Administrations which see immediate access to data as a solution an introduce in their local tax systems obligations known as Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) or transaction-based reporting. These obligations may adopt the form of compulsory use of homologated e-invoicing solutions or transactions list reporting, which must comply with t...

  Next 16, 17 and 18 February 2022 we will assist to the TTL Travel VAT Conference 2022 (TTL TVC 2022) to be held at the Robinson Club Cala Serena Mallorca. This is one of the yearly events organized by Tax, Tourism and Law (TTL), a network we form part integrated by lawyers and VAT advisors from different countrieswho provide especialized advise to companies of the tourism sector. The aim of the conference is to joint representatives of the different stakeholders of this sector (European instit...