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V0627-21 18 March 2021 · SG de Impuestos sobre el Consumo Criterion in force
IVA · servicios prestados por vía electrónica

The location of software development and mediation services depends on the location of the recipient

A software company consults on the location of its development, sales, and mediation operations with an entity in the Canary Islands. The DGT determines that the application of VAT will depend on whether the recipient of the service is within the territory where the tax applies or in the Canary Islands.

The question raised

Question raised: Location of the various operations carried out by the applicant and the entity established in the Canary Islands.

The DGT's ruling

Software development services are considered to be provided by electronic means if they are essentially automated and provided via the internet. If the recipient is a taxable person established in the Canary Islands, the service is located outside the territory where the tax applies. In mediation on behalf of a third party, if the recipient is the Canary Islands entity, the transaction is understood to be carried out outside the territory where the tax applies.

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