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V0821-25 ·16 May 2025 ·consulta-vinculante Low impact
Tax

Translation services to non-professional EU customers may be subject to VAT if effectively used in Spain

A translation company asks whether it must charge VAT to EU customers and how to claim VAT deductions from suppliers. The DGT clarifies that if the customer is a non-professional outside the EU, the service is taxable in Spain if effectively used here, but if the customer is a professional, the service is not considered rendered in Spanish territory.

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2025-05-16PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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