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V2246-19 ·20 August 2019 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Maintenance services for properties located abroad are not subject to Spanish VAT

A Spanish company has requested clarification on whether repair and maintenance services carried out on premises in Portugal and Greece for a Spanish client are subject to VAT. The Directorate-General for Taxes (DGT) has ruled that, as these services relate to real estate located outside of Spain, they are not subject to Spanish taxation.

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This ruling clarifies the territorial scope of VAT for property maintenance services, confirming that services linked to foreign real estate fall outside the Spanish tax jurisdiction.

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2019-08-20PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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