Category VAT around the World

Spain: A closer step to mandatory B2B invoicing for local transactions, that is to be expected by the second semester of 2026 for big companies (otherwise second semester 2027)

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...

The “VAT after ViDA” seen from a taxpayer point of view. Fighting against the “forgotten VAT gap” and related ideas

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...

CONTRIBUTION OF THE SPANISH SII TO THE INTERNAL VAT MANAGEMENT FUNCTION

 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...

Spain. The Spanish Tax Agency updates it site to inform about the new VAT regime of e-commerce

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...