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V1338-20 ·11 May 2020 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Traffic fees paid by an agency on behalf of a client may be treated as disbursements not subject to VAT

An administrative agency enquired whether the transfer and registration fees it pays via the Traffic Department website can be treated as disbursements to avoid applying VAT. The DGT ruled that, provided the requirements of mandate and payment on behalf of the client are met, these fees do not form part of the tax base.

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This ruling clarifies the VAT treatment for administrative agencies, confirming that fees paid on behalf of clients under a mandate are disbursements and thus excluded from the agency's taxable turnover.

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2020-05-11PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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