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V1780-25 3 October 2025 · SG de Impuestos sobre el Consumo Criterion in force
IVA · entrega sucesiva de bienes

Analysis of VAT liability in successive delivery operations involving transport from a Member State

The Spanish tax authority examines whether a transaction involving a Spanish company buying goods from a UK entity, received directly from a Portuguese supplier, qualifies as an intracommunity acquisition or as a domestic supply subject to Spanish VAT.

The question raised

Question posed: Taxation of the described operation under Value Added Tax and the formal obligations derived therefrom for the Spanish company requesting the ruling.

The DGT's ruling

If the intermediary does not communicate its VAT number from the Member State of origin (Portugal) to the supplier, the transport is linked to the delivery by the first supplier. In this case, the delivery from the intermediary to the taxpayer shall be an intra-community delivery in Spain subject to VAT. As the supplier is not established in Spain, the reverse charge mechanism shall apply, with the taxpayer being the taxable person.

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What is published here, applied to a company or a specific case. The first meeting is free.

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