Skip to content
Back to index
V2428-25 11 December 2025 · SG de Impuestos sobre el Consumo Criterion in force
IVA · servicios de publicidad

Registration in the IAE for influencers depends on the personal performance of the activity and the nature of their services

A content creator inquires about their registration in the IAE and the VAT taxation of commissions from a digital platform. The DGT determines that they must register as a professional and that their advertising services are not electronic services, and therefore are not taxed in Spain if the client is located outside the EU.

The question raised

Question raised 1.- Heading of the Tax on Economic Activities in which registration must be made. As well as whether the commissions received from the platform constitute the consideration for operations subject to Value Added Tax insofar as the platform is established outside the territory of the European Union. Accrual of the Tax and obligation to issue invoices.

The DGT's ruling

Advertising services are not classified as services provided by electronic means, regardless of the telematics medium used. If the recipient of the service is established outside the territory to which the VAT applies, the transaction is not subject to the tax. The tax liability arises when the service is provided and the obligation to issue an invoice exists, even in non-taxable transactions.

Apply this to a real case

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

Email
Contact