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V0453-19 ·1 March 2019 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

VAT cannot be deducted via a payment receipt without the original invoice meeting legal requirements

A taxpayer inquired whether they could deduct VAT on a water supply using a municipal payment receipt. The DGT ruled that to deduct the tax, one must possess the original invoice complying with regulatory requirements, and the taxpayer must be the legal recipient of the transaction.

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This ruling reinforces the strict formal requirements for VAT deduction, confirming that informal payment documents cannot substitute for valid tax invoices.

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2019-03-01PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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