From the VAT point of view Spain has territorial specificities arising from the existence of autonomous regions with regulatory powers in indirect taxation. This creates different scenarios varying from territories where the VAT does not apply at all (Ceuta and Melilla) or is substituted by a similar regional indirect tax (the IGIC of the Canary Islands) to those where the VAT is applied with certain peculiarities (the Basque Country and Navarra).   Foreign companies operating in Spain need to b...

In the Official Journal of the European Union (OJUE) of November 29, 2019, Council Directive (EU) 2019/1995 of November 21, 2019 is published amending Directive 2006/112 / EC as far as it concerns the provisions regarding distance sales of goods and certain national deliveries of goods. This rule addresses to certain problems posed by the changes introduced in the Directive 2006/112 / CE regulating VAT (VAT Directive) by Council Directive (EU) 2017/2455, in relation to the tax obligations arisin...

En el Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea (DOUE) de 2 de diciembre de 2019 aparece publicada la Directiva (UE) 2019/1995 del Consejo de 21 de noviembre de 2019 por la que se modifica la Directiva 2006/112/CE en lo que respecta a las disposiciones relativas a las ventas a distancia de bienes y a ciertas entregas nacionales de bienes. Dicha norma viene a solucionar determinados problemas planteados por las modificaciones introducidas en la Directiva 2006/112/CE reguladora del IVA (Directiva IVA), e...

The obligation to comply with the Spanish “Immediate Information Supply” (SII) affects those companies operating in Spain having to file VAT returns on a monthly basis. Such is the case for those with a turnover higher than 6 million Euros during the previous calendar year, the so called “big companies”. The outcome is their obligation to provide the tax authorities electronically with the data of the transactions booked at the VAT registers within the 4 calendar days following the issuing date ...

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Sentence of 23 April 2019 from the Spanish Supreme Court questions the second parragraph of article 79. One of the Spanish VAT Law to be according to the VAT Directive when introduces a minimum limit to the taxable base consisting in the good production cost or the cost of the rendering of the service for the case that the consideration is in kind and the value that is attributed to the same by unrelated parties is lower. The arguments of the Court are grounded on the Sentence from the European ...