Intra-community VAT number in Spain Thread poster: David Evans
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David Evans 
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This is a question that other freelancers in Spain may be able to help me with. I know there are lots of posts about this but I can't find the answer I'm looking for and Hacienda has given me contradictory information.
I have just one small invoice in the entire year for an EU company outside Spain. Practically all of my business is done in Spain.
Do I need to register as an intra-community operator in order to invoice this company without VAT?
Thanks very ... See more This is a question that other freelancers in Spain may be able to help me with. I know there are lots of posts about this but I can't find the answer I'm looking for and Hacienda has given me contradictory information.
I have just one small invoice in the entire year for an EU company outside Spain. Practically all of my business is done in Spain.
Do I need to register as an intra-community operator in order to invoice this company without VAT?
Thanks very much
[Edited at 2012-12-09 17:37 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | To me, you do | Dec 9, 2012 |
I think you will have to, since any intra-communitary operator's VAT number is bound to be checked by the customers' accountants in order to ensure that they will have no trouble adding the invoice to their accounting and tax statements.
I think having an intra-communitary VAT number costs nothing and is just a matter of filling and submitting a form, very probably the 036. If you have a "gestoría", they will easily do that, I guess.
In case you feel that it is not wor... See more I think you will have to, since any intra-communitary operator's VAT number is bound to be checked by the customers' accountants in order to ensure that they will have no trouble adding the invoice to their accounting and tax statements.
I think having an intra-communitary VAT number costs nothing and is just a matter of filling and submitting a form, very probably the 036. If you have a "gestoría", they will easily do that, I guess.
In case you feel that it is not worth the effort, you could also relinquish your charges to the customer... ▲ Collapse
| | | | neilmac
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| Par for the course | Dec 10, 2012 |
David Evans wrote:
... Hacienda has given me contradictory information.
[Edited at 2012-12-09 17:37 GMT]
Plus ca change.
[quote]David Evans wrote:
"I have just one small invoice in the entire year for an EU company outside Spain. Practically all of my business is done in Spain. Do I need to register as an intra-community operator in order to invoice this company without VAT?"
I too only have one client outside Spain and I bill him without IRPF or IVA and declare it at the end of the year. AFAIK the intra-community VAT number is simply your NIF with the national prefix, ES in the case of Spain. It's not too had to get one - the last time I went to Hacienda (in July) I was surprised how quickly it went.
| | | | David Evans
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Thanks very much for the help. Another morning in Hacienda to look forward to then!
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Yes, you need to fill in Model 036 section 6 D. You will have it within a few days.
| | | | David Evans
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Just a word of warning for anybody who needs to go through this process and is looking for a quick result. It's perfectly straightforward to do but the wait may be longer than you'd like - it took over a month for my number to be validated. Might depend on your local Hacienda office, of course.
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If you get an European VAT number just for a single invoice you must be aware that you should declare every three months a resume of your intra-EU operations, I think even if you do not have any operation to declare (349 form). It's quite annoying if you don't operate frequently with other EU companies. Be careful about that.
| | | | Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 17:20
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
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Enrique F Granados-González wrote:
If you get an European VAT number just for a single invoice you must be aware that you should declare every three months a resume of your intra-EU operations
You only have to declare annually (in March) if the total sum is under €35,000 (I think).
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