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...

Royal Decree 1305/2024, of December 23, approving the Regulation of the penalty procedure for non-compliance with Intrastat obligations has been published on January 29, 2025, and has entered into force on February 1, 2025.   As a result of these new rules, the penalties can range between 150 € and 6.000 € per Intrastat return, with the possibility of a 50% reduction in case of acceptance and prompt payment (according to the previous regime the penalties ranged between 60,10 € and 30.050,62 €, w...

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 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 so called “Suministro Inmediato de Información” (“Immediate Information Supply”) or SII, consists of the obligation to file electronically through the website of the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT), in almost a “real time” basis, the data for all the transactions that must be included in the Spanish VAT registers.   This obligation affects those companies operating in Spain which, due to their operative, become taxable subjects for Spanish VAT purposes and must file VAT returns in a monthly basis,...