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V2072-24 ·25 September 2024 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Credit notes cannot be issued for medicine returns if they were not previously purchased from the laboratory

A pharmaceutical laboratory inquired whether it could issue a credit note to formalise the return of expired medicines requested by a distributor. The DGT ruled that it is not appropriate to rectify an invoice that never existed if the distributor did not purchase those specific products from the laboratory.

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How it affects those involved

This ruling clarifies that a credit note (rectifying invoice) can only be issued to correct a prior transaction; if no initial sale occurred between the specific parties, no credit note can be used to process the return.

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2024-09-25PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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