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...

Title VII (articles 67 to 83 ) of Law 7/2022, of April 8, on waste and contaminated soil for a circular economy (hereinafter, the Waste Law), published in the Official State Gazette of April 9, 2022, introduces tax measures to encourage the circular economy, including the creation of a special tax on non-reusable plastic packings, whose entry into force is scheduled for January 1, 2023 which will be the subject of the following comments.   Background   This new tax must be considered within the ...

  On 21 January 2022, the European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation on the new legislative package forming part of its plan “VAT in the Digital Age”, namely:  Single VAT registration  Digital Reporting Requirements (DRR) and e-invoicing  VAT treatment of the platform economy   The consultation, that seeks feedback from businesses, academics, Member States and other interested parties, is open until 15 April 2022 and contributions can be submitted at the Commission site .   As menti...

As a co-author, I am proud to announce that the European VAT Handbook 2021/2022 is available with the following contains: ? Detailed essential VAT information in Europe ? 30 countries ? 624 pages   Given the profile of the professional that contribute to the book, the topics thar are covered and the way in which they are treated are eminently practical and aim to point out to those aspects that, according to experience, need to specifically considered from a VAT point of view  by those companies...

The portal of the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) has published a new section where all the information about the new VAT regime for electronic commerce is gathered. As has been widely commented in the media, as of July 1, 2021, all member states must have transposed the new special one-stop-shop regimes provided for in Council Directive 2017/2455 into their regulations. The Spanish regulations carrying out this transposition are in process. The new OSS regimes are of optional application by the compa...