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V3201-16 ·8 July 2016 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Value-added services for mobile payments are not VAT exempt due to their administrative nature

A company sought clarification on whether immediate payment processing services via mobile or email were exempt from VAT. The DGT ruled that, as these services are limited to data management and do not involve direct debits or credits, they constitute information services subject to standard VAT rules.

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How it affects those involved

Companies providing intermediary payment processing services must ensure they correctly apply VAT, as purely administrative or data-driven tasks do not qualify for financial exemptions.

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2016-07-08PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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