There is a wide variety of indirect taxes and parafiscal charges that apply to the different elements of coverage that can be included under a motor insurance policy in Spain. You can read our blog to learn more about taxation of motor insurance policies in Europe, this blog focuses on some of the specifics to consider in Spain.

Which taxes are payable in relation to motor insurance policies in Spain?

The application of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) and a surcharge to finance winding-up activity are common across all classes of insurance typically found in a motor insurance policy, with the latter being declared to Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros (“Consorcio”). For coverage such as roadside assistance and legal protection, this is likely to be the extent of the taxes due.

Additional Consorcio surcharges are due on other elements of the cover. For example:

How are taxes on motor insurance policies calculated in Spain?

Most motor insurance taxes and parafiscal charges are calculated as a percentage of the taxable premium. These taxes are then added to the premium and charged directly to the insured.

There are some exceptions including direct damages surcharge and fixed fees. The direct damages surcharge applicable to accident coverage is a percentage that applies to the sum insured rather than the taxable premium.

Additionally, there are fixed fees due to Consorcio on motor damage and motor third-party liability coverage that vary based on the type of vehicle. Categories with their own fixed fee include mopeds, passenger cars, and industrial vehicles, amongst many others.

The fixed fee for the Green Card should be treated as insurer-borne and is therefore not a cost directly passed onto the insured.

What vehicles are exempt from tax?

Spain has a fairly narrow scope for any IPT exemption under a motor insurance policy in comparison to other European jurisdictions.

As a rule, there are currently no exemptions that apply to particular categories of vehicle but there is an exemption for certain international coverage. In the case of any goods in transit insurance relating to cross-border transport that is included under a motor policy, that portion can be treated as exempt from IPT. The Consorcio Surcharge to Finance Winding-up Activity would remain applicable in these circumstances though.

Still have questions about taxation of motor insurance policies or IPT in Spain? Speak to our experts.

The Spanish government has published the much-anticipated draft regulation with the framework for implementing mandatory B2B e-invoicing.

The proposed legislation outlines the operation of the Spanish e-invoicing system. Its main feature is the reliance on the principles of interoperability of e-invoice formats and interconnectivity of e-invoicing platforms. The goal is to promote digitalization (particularly for smaller companies), reduce late invoice payments and save on administrative costs such as the management of invoices.

The draft Royal Decree provides further details to the Law for Creation and Growth of companies published in September 2022, which initially establishes the e-invoicing obligation for companies and professionals.

Scope of the Spanish B2B e-invoicing mandate

All companies and professionals required to issue invoices under Spanish law will be obliged to do so electronically. This applies to B2B operations with a few excluded transactions, such as: when issuing a simplified invoice, issuing an invoice voluntarily when there is no such obligation to do so under Spanish rules and in other cases that the government may regulate in the future.

However, the obligation does not apply if one of the parties to the transaction does not have an established business, a fixed establishment or habitual business residence in Spanish territory where invoices are directly issued.

Main requirements of the Spanish e-invoicing system

The Spanish e-invoicing system will consist of privately owned electronic invoicing platforms and the public electronic invoicing solution managed by the State Tax Administration Agency. Taxpayers under scope must send and receive e-invoices through one of these two means and will be able to use both in parallel.

Other important characteristics and requirements of this system are:

Accepted e-invoice formats

The proposed Royal Decree defines an e-invoice as a structured document, which means that a PDF will no longer be considered an electronic invoice. Taxpayers will be required to issue e-invoices using one of the accepted formats:

  1. XML CEFACT/ONU as specified in the XML schemas 16B (SCRDM – CII)
  2. UBL as defined in the ISO/IEC 19845:2015 standard
  3. EDIFACT per the ISO 9735 standard
  4. Facturae, in the version for invoicing between entrepreneurs and professionals in force at any given time

Additionally, in line with the principle of interoperability, private e-invoicing platforms must be able to convert e-invoices into all supported formats while preserving I&A.

Communication of e-invoice status

The invoice recipient must communicate the e-invoice status to the invoice issuer within the maximum deadline of four calendar days counted from the date of the reported status.

Mandatory statuses comprise the following:

  1. a) Commercial Acceptance or Rejection of the invoice and its date
  2. b) Full effective payment of the invoice and its date

Additionally, the draft regulation establishes optional statuses:

  1. c) Partial commercial acceptance or rejection of the invoice and its date
  2. d) Partial payment of the invoice, amount paid, and its date
  3. e) Assignment of the invoice to a third party for collection or payment, with identification of the assignee and the date of assignment

Implementation timelines

The Royal Decree is currently in draft form but will be effective 12 months after its official publication on the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE). Following the Law for Creation and Growth of companies, the 12-month-timeline will apply to entrepreneurs and professionals whose annual turnover is over €8 million, and for the remaining taxpayers under scope the deadline is 24 months.

In the first year from the regulation’s effective date, companies under the e-invoicing obligation must attach a PDF file to the legal e-invoice to ensure readability to counterparties not yet in scope – unless the recipient agrees to receive it in the original format.

The obligation to report the e-invoice statuses will come into effect 36 months after the publication of the Royal Decree for entrepreneurs with an annual turnover below €6 million and 48 months after the publication of the Royal Decree for professionals below the same threshold.

Further details are expected concerning how taxpayers under the SII (Suministro Imediato de Información) mandate must inform the mandatory e-invoice statuses.

What’s next?

As this is still a draft and certain details remain to be established, taxpayers can expect changes before publication of the final version. Additionally, until 10 July 2023, the draft regulation is open for comments from the general public.

Another important note is that the entry into force of this draft Royal Decree is subject to Spain obtaining derogation from Articles 218 and 232 of the EU VAT Directive before the EU Commission. Although this is a formal step and there is no indication that the Commission would not grant the derogation, until it happens the new Spanish rules cannot enter into force.

Looking for further information on e-invoicing in Spain? Contact our expert team.

For an overview about other VAT-related requirements in Spain read this comprehensive page about VAT compliance in Spain.

In July 2023, the French authorities postponed the implementation timeline. A new timeline will be announced with the adoption of the finance law for 2024.

When your organisation trades cross-border, regular changes to the regulatory landscape are a given. Whether those changes are brand-new requirements in a country where you do business or the evolution of existing legislation, you must be ahead of the developments to remain compliant.

With global tax authorities continually making progress with their digitization strategies, the e-invoicing revolution continues at speed.

In this quarter’s instalment of our VAT Snapshot webinar, Kelly Muniz and Enis Gencer from Sovos’ Regulatory Analysis and Design team, will look in detail at anticipated changes in countries with emerging digital strategies and discuss updates to some of the more established regimes.

They will cover:

Join our 30-minute update on 13 July for the latest news, and for an opportunity to put your questions to our speakers.

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Update: 7 December 2023 by Carolina Silva

Spain Establishes Billing Software Requirements

The long-awaited Royal Decree, establishing invoicing and billing software requirements to secure Spanish antifraud regulations, has been officially published by the Spanish Ministry of Finance.

The taxpayers and SIF developers, defined further below in this article, must be aware of several new official deadlines set forth by the Spanish tax authority in the Royal Decree:

Therefore, companies that fall within scope must ensure their computer systems are adapted to this regulation as of 1 July 2025.

Looking for more information on tax compliance in Spain? This page can help.

 

Update: 10 February 2023 by Carolina Silva

Understanding Spain’s Verifactu system

The Spanish government is pursuing various routes for digitizing tax controls, including introducing software requirements on the billing system.

In February 2022, Spain published a Draft Royal Decree establishing invoicing and billing software requirements to secure Spanish antifraud regulations.

The Draft Decree ensures billing software meet the legal requirements of integrity, conservation, accessibility, legibility, traceability and inalterability of billing records. It sets standards for systems known as SIF (Sistemas Informaticos de Facturación).

To comply with SIF standards, taxpayers may use a Verifactu system – a verifiable invoice issuance system which is further detailed later in this article.

Since publishing the Draft Decree and concluding its public consultation, the Spanish tax authority has released draft technical specifications for the Verifactu system and a list of modifications to be introduced to the Draft Decree. One is the estimated date of entry into force of the billing software requirements.

What is a Verifactu billing system?

Among the many SIF requirements established in the Draft Decree is the capability to generate a billing record in XML format for each sale of goods or provision of services. This needs to be sent to the tax authority simultaneously or immediately before the issuance of the invoice.

The Draft Decree establishes two alternative systems taxpayers can adopt to comply with the technical standards of the SIF: the ordinary SIF and the Verifactu system.

A Verifactu system is a verifiable invoice issuance system, and its adoption is voluntary under the Draft Decree. Taxpayers who use computer billing systems to comply with invoicing obligations may choose to continuously send all the billing records generated by their systems to the tax authority.

A Verifactu billing system complies with all the technical obligations imposed by the Draft Decree., Taxpayers use the system to effectively send all billing records electronically in a continuous, automatic, consecutive, instantaneous, and reliable manner.

Benefits of the Verifactu billing system

A taxpayer opts for a “verifiable invoice issuance system” by systematically initiating the transmission of billing records to the tax authority. If the systems are Verifactu, invoices must include a phrase stating so.

There are several benefits for taxpayers who decide to opt for a Verifactu system:

Current deadlines

Taxpayers and SIF developers must be aware of several deadlines set forth by the Spanish tax authority. These are still part of the draft development of the SIF and official deadlines are outstanding:

What’s next?

Although still in draft form, it’s expected there will be official publication of the Draft Royal Decree – along with a Ministerial Order detailing the technical and functional specifications of the billing systems. Official publication of the Verifactu technical specifications is to come.

The Draft Decree explicitly states that its implementation is compatible with an electronic invoicing mandate which is also underway in Spain. Therefore, taxpayers must ready themselves to comply.

For further information on the incoming changes to tax in Spain, speak with a member of our expert team.

For an overview about other VAT-related requirements in Spain read this comprehensive page about VAT compliance in Spain.

Update: 24 February 2022 by Victor Duarte

The Spanish Ministry of Finance has published a draft resolution that will – once adopted – establish the requirements for software and systems that support the billing processes of businesses and professionals. This law will have a significant impact on the current invoice issuance processes. It will require implementing new invoice content requirements, including a QR code, and the generation of billing records by January 2024.

The regulation is also intended to adapt the Spanish business sector, especially SMEs, micro-enterprises, and the self-employed, to the demands of digitization. For this, it is considered necessary to standardise and modernise the computer programs that support the accounting, billing, and management of businesses and entrepreneurs.

Scope of the regulation

The regulation establishes the requirements that any system must meet to guarantee the integrity, conservation, accessibility, legibility, traceability and inalterability of the billing records without interpolations, omissions or alterations.

The new rules established in the regulation will apply to:

Companies that do not fall within the above categories do not need to comply, but those who do must ensure their computer systems are adapted to this regulation as of 1 January 2024.

New invoice content requirements: ID and QR codes

Invoices generated by the computer systems or electronic systems and programs that support the billing processes of businesses and professionals must include an alphanumeric identification code and a QR code, generated per the technical and functional specifications established by the Ministry of Finance.

Billing system requirements

The computer systems that support billing processes must have the capability to:

To achieve these ends, all computer systems must certify that they ensure the commitment to comply with all the requirements established in this regulation through a “responsible statement”. The Ministry of Finance will establish the minimum content of this statement later in a new resolution.

Billing record content and its optional transmission

The billing records must comply with several content requirements laid down by the regulation.

The taxpayers using computer systems to comply with their invoicing obligations may voluntarily send all its billing records generated by the computer systems to the AEAT automatically by electronic means. The response of a formal acceptance message from the AEAT will automatically mean that these records have been incorporated into the taxpayer’s sales and income ledgers.

Tax administration audits

The AEAT may appear in person where the computer system is located or used and may require full and immediate access to the data record, obtaining, where appropriate, the username, password and any other security key that is necessary for full access.

The AEAT may request a copy of the billing records, which companies may provide in electronic format through physical support or by electronic means.

Application to the B2B e-invoicing mandate

The regulation doesn’t include any specific rule for the B2B e-invoice mandate draft decree currently being discussed in Congress and waiting for approval. However, if the mandate is approved, all the B2B e-invoices issued under this draft decree will have to comply with all the new rules established in this regulation.

Next steps

While this new regulation does not seem to take Spain further down the continuous transaction control (CTC) route, the proposal has clear similarities with Portugal’s invoice requirements.

The draft resolution establishing these is currently open for public consultation until 11 March 2022. Once this resolution is approved, the Ministry of Finance will publish the technical and functional specifications needed to comply with the new requirements and the structure, content, detail, format, design and characteristics of the information that companies must include in the billing records.

The Ministry of Finance will also publish the specifications of the signature policy and the requirements that the fingerprint or ‘hash’ must meet. Once these details are published, it will be clearer whether Spain is going down the Portuguese route or carving out its own path.

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TRENDS AND UPDATES ON VAT COMPLIANCE

Trends 13th Edition 2022

TRENDS AND UPDATES ON VAT COMPLIANCE

Trends 13th Edition 2022

Welcome to the 13th edition of Sovos’ annual Trends report where we put a spotlight on current and near-term legal requirements across regions and VAT compliance domains.

This report provides a comprehensive look at the regulatory landscape as governments across the globe are enacting complex new policies to enforce VAT mandates. It examines the demanding and unprecedented insight now required into your economic data so that regulatory authorities enforce standards and close revenue gaps.

This year’s report examines the evolution of law and practice around the four emerging megatrends that Sovos experts identified in the 12th edition. These trends, many of which revolve around tax compliance and controls being ‘always on’, have the potential to drive change in the way organizations approach regulatory reporting and manage compliance.

Authored by a team of international tax compliance experts, we provide extensive recommendations on how companies can prepare for and thrive through these changes.

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 The four mega-trends that we examine are:

  1. Continuous Transaction Controls (CTCs) – Countries with existing CTC regimes are seeing improvements in revenue collection and economic transparency. Now, other countries in Europe, Asia and Africa are moving away from post-audit regulation to adoption of these CTC-inspired approaches. The report highlights how countries like France and Hungary have accelerated their transition to CTCs, and how many jurisdictions are combining invoice controls with CTC transport documents, thereby expanding their real-time reach from financial to physical supply chains.
  2. A shift toward destination taxability for certain cross-border transactions – Cross-border services have historically often escaped VAT collection in the country of the consumer. Due to a large increase of cross-border trade in low-value goods and digital services over the past decade, administrations are taking significant measures to tax such supplies in the country of consumption or destination.
  3. Aggregator liability – With the increase of tax reporting or e-invoicing obligations across different taxpayer categories, tax administrations are increasingly looking for ways to concentrate tax reporting liability in platforms that naturally aggregate large numbers of transactions already. Ecommerce marketplaces and business transaction management cloud vendors will increasingly be on the hook for sending data from companies on their networks to the government, potentially even inheriting liability for paying their taxes. The report notes how the July 2021 introduction of sweeping changes in e-commerce VAT legislation via OSS and IOSS are confirming this trend.
  4. E-accounting and e-assessment – Combining CTCs with obligations to synchronize entire accounting ledgers makes onsite audit necessary only in cases showing major anomalies across these rich data sources. Over time, the objective is for VAT returns and other tax reports to be prefilled by the tax administration based on taxpayers’ own, strongly authenticated source system data. A brief deep-dive into the origins and potential future of SAF‑T shows how this trend is evolving to become a solid companion to CTCs globally.

CTCs have emerged as the primary concern for multinational companies looking to ensure compliance despite growing diversity in VAT enforcement approaches. Tax authorities are steadfast in their commitment to closing the VAT gap and will use all tools at their disposal to collect revenue owed. This holds especially true in the aftermath of COVID-19, when governments are expected to face unprecedented budget shortfalls.

The potential costs and risks associated with the trends highlighted in the report cannot be effectively mitigated with a reactive or opportunistic approach. The digital transformation of tax administration can – if approached as just an evolution of the legacy ‘post audit’ VAT world – significantly contract the digital transformation of businesses. This report suggests an analysis framework that companies can use to ensure ongoing VAT compliance whilst maximizing the opportunities of modern information and communication technologies for their own benefit.

In addition, Trends includes a major review of the country and regional requirement profiles. These profiles provide a snapshot of current and near-term planned legal requirements across the different VAT compliance domains.

SII Spain: An Overview

SII Spain: Suministro Inmediato de Información

SII Spain is an electronic VAT system that affects thousands of large companies across the country. It can seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be.

The mandate is demanding, with the impacted groups having to stay on top of the four-day reporting period. If your business meets the criteria of SII Spain, you will likely be feeling the pressure of having to comply.

Sovos is here to help, breaking down Spain’s SII system into:

  • How companies can comply (and what to expect if they don’t)
  • Key details about the mandate and how it’s developed over time
  • How Sovos can ease the burden for you at every stage

SII Spain is only one of the country’s tax compliance obligations. Our Spain VAT Compliance overview can help you stay on top of other mandates and obligations you may be subject to.

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Who SII affects

The mandate affects Spanish companies above an annual turnover threshold of over €6 million. It’s also applicable to VAT business groups, companies that participate in the monthly tax refund system known as REDEME and other businesses that voluntarily sign up.

Where is SII applicable in Spain?

Spain’s compliance obligations are further complicated by the country being divided into regions. Depending on where your business is based, you may well be subject to a specific combination of tax mandates.

The distinct areas where SII is applicable include:

  • Mainland Spain
  • Canary Islands
  • Bizkaia
  • Gipuzkoa
  • Alava

Quick facts about SII Spain

  • The Spanish mandate applies to companies with an annual turnover above €6 million, companies that are part of VAT groups, and companies using the REDEME system.
  • The following records must be sent to the tax authority:
    • Registered book of issued invoices
    • Registered book of received invoices
    • Registered book of investment goods
    • Registered book of certain intra-community operations
  • The transmission of the information must be via web services available to exchange XML messages.
  • Some formal obligations are reduced as taxpayers will no longer be required to file the information returns form 347 (third-party information), form 340 (transactions in register books) and form 390 (VAT annual summary).
  • In 2020 the Spanish tax administration introduced a service to pre-populate the periodic VAT return (Modelo 303) using the information taxpayers supplied via the SII.

Spain: Rollout dates

2 January 2017: The immediate supply of information on a voluntary basis for taxpayers in Spain begins.

1 July 2017: The mandatory phase of the immediate supply of information for taxpayers under the scope of the mandate begins.

1 January 2018: The period to supply information was reduced from 8 days to 4 days. The mandate also extended to other Spanish territories (Basque Provinces and Canary Islands).

1 January 2020: Introduction of a ledger to record operations related to the sale of goods in consignment.

4 January 2021: Introduction of new validations and fields that record the sales of goods in consignment

Penalties: What happens if you don’t comply

  • Omissions or inaccuracies in the information reporting obligation have a penalty of up to 1% of the total amount missed, with a maximum of €6,000.
  • Late reporting of real-time electronic VAT ledgers will trigger a penalty of 0.5% of the total amount reported, with a minimum of €300 and a maximum of €6,000 per quarter.
  • Errors or omissions in the Registered book of certain intra-community transactions and Registered book of Investment goods have a fixed penalty of €150.

Sovos Helps Companies Stay Compliant with Spain’s SII

Sovos serves as a true one-stop shop for managing all VAT compliance obligations in Spain and across the globe.

Sovos supports the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) platform, ensuring our customers remain compliant with the legal and technical framework developed by the Spanish tax authority (AEAT).

Sovos experts continually monitor, interpret, and codify these changes into our software, reducing the compliance burden on your tax and IT teams.

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Additional obligations for VAT compliance in Spain

Spain albarracin city

While SII Spain affects many large companies nationwide, there are numerous other compliance obligations taxpayers must be aware of.

Spain B2G E-invoicing: E-invoicing has been mandatory in Spain for all transactions between public administrations and their suppliers since 2015.

Read our dedicated Spain e-invoicing overview for more information on B2G electronic invoicing.

Spain B2B E-invoicing: Businesses are under varying obligations where e-invoicing is concerned, largely depending on the nature of transactions. Mandatory B2B e-invoicing is anticipated to be implemented from 2024.

Read our dedicated Spain e-invoicing overview for more information on B2B electronic invoicing.

Bizkaia Batuz: Batuz is a tax control strategy governed by the government of Bizkaia which applies to all companies and taxpayers that are subject to the province’s regulations.

Find out more about Bizkaia’s Batuz tax system.

TicketBAI: TicketBAI is an e-invoicing mandate from the numerous tax authorities in the Basque Country which covers Álava, Biscay, and Gipiuzkoa. It outlines obligations for both individuals and companies to use software to report invoice data to the Tax Administration in real-time.

Understand TicketBAI with our dedicated blog.

FAQ for SII in Spain

The Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) is a platform to submit invoice data to the tax authority in Spain. Taxable persons who are in scope must report invoice data within four business days following the date of issue.

In 2020 the tax administration announced a new version of the SII, introducing a ledger to record operations related to the sale of goods in consignment. This came into effect on 1 January 2021.

The Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) was introduced on 2 January 2017 on a voluntary basis, extending to a mandatory basis on 1 July 2017. Since then, there have been changes and additional requirements

SII applies to multiple regions in Spain, including Mainland Spain, the Canary Islands, Álava, Biskaia, and Gipiuzkoa.

This was not the case when the legislation originally came into effect, as it excluded the likes of the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Basque Country and Navarra.

The Immediate Supply of Information (Suministro Inmediato de información) SII is a system for keeping the Value Added Tax record books in the local Tax Authority’s electronic headquarters by supplying VAT-relevant information on a near-real-time basis.

  1. Issued Invoices Ledger
  2. Received Invoices Ledger
  3. Investment goods ledger
  4. Certain Intra-Community operations ledger

Update: 9 March 2023 by Hector Fernandez

IPT in Spain is complex. Navigating the country’s requirements and ensuring compliance can feel a difficult task.

Sovos has developed this guide to answer prominent and pressing questions to help your understanding of Insurance Premium Tax in the country. Originally created following a Spain IPT webinar we hosted, the guide contains questions asked by industry insiders and answered by legislative experts.

What is the IPT rate in Spain

The current IPT rate in Spain is 8%, as of 2022 and is applied to all classes of insurance, with some exemptions. Classes exempt from IPT include life, health, reinsurance, group pensions, export credit, suretyship, goods and passengers in international transit, agricultural risks, aviation and marine hull insurance.

What makes Insurance Premium Tax in Spain challenging?

The most challenging aspect is correctly submitting to the five different tax authorities: Alava, Guipuzkoa, Navarra, Statal and Vizcaya.

What is the Basis of Spanish IPT Calculation?

The basis of the IPT calculation is the total amount of the premium payable by the insured, excluding funds for the insurance of extraordinary risks and fire brigade tax. Companies must show the tax in addition to the premium.

Spanish IPT Liability

The insurer is liable for calculating and paying the tax. EEA insurers operating under the Freedom of Service regime must appoint a fiscal representative in Spain.

Is all health insurance exempt from IPT in Spain?

Health and sickness insurance is exempt from IPT in Spain, under Article 5 of the IPT law. However, this doesn’t include Accident cover which should be taxable at 8%.

International insurance risks belong to the exemptions. Is this also true for international freight forwarder liability insurance? And for international marine cargo insurance?

Article 5 of the IPT law provides an exemption for “insurance operations related to ships or aircraft that are destined for international transport, except for those that carry out navigation or private recreational aviation”.

Under Act 22 of Law 37/1992 (VAT Law), “international transport is considered to be that which takes place within the country and ends at a point located in a port, airport or border area for immediate dispatch outside the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands”.

Therefore, we understand insurance, such as freight forwarder liability and marine cargo, gain the IPT exemption, to the extent they relate to international transport.

I’m preparing CCS monthly reporting manually in Excel. Is there a Microsoft tool that can create the final report?

We’re unaware of any Microsoft tools to prepare the CCS file for monthly reporting. This file can be complex.

What is CLEA?

CLEA is the surcharge to fund the winding-up activity of insurance undertakings. It was included in the Modelo 50 CCS and is due for all insurance contracts signed on risks in Spain. This excludes life insurance and export credit insurance on behalf of or with the support of the State.

The type of surcharge destined to finance the winding-up activity of insurance companies is made up of 0.15% of the premiums above.

Do insurers have to be registered in all the provinces in Spain?

All insurers should register in the provinces where the location of risk is. It is a compliant requirement because insurers must declare premium taxes to the correct tax authorities according to the location of risk.

Policies can be submitted monthly to Consorcio even if the postcode is wrong. How should we proceed in the future for Insurance Premium Tax in Spain?

The postcode is compulsory data that must be sent to the Consorcio monthly, as the CCS needs to know the Location of the risk for each policy subscribed in Spain.

The Fire Brigade Charge (FBC) annual reports are also submitted through the CCS portal. The postcode is a compulsory field that helps the different Councils identify the policies that were subscribed in their territories and collect their portion of FBC accordingly.

When reporting Consorcio liabilities in Spain, should the lead insurer declare on behalf of its co-insurers?

Insurers can elect to declare only their share of the co-insurance agreement, should that be the agreement amongst the insurers that are party to the contract.

Where Consorcio cannot recover an outstanding sum from a co-insurer, it will likely hold the lead insurer accountable for that amount. Alternatively, the lead insurer can pay the surcharges for all fellow insurers. So there is, to some extent, an element of discretion by the relevant insurers.

Is there a list or explanation of each movement and declaration type to report to Consorcio?

We’re able to provide this to our customers upon request. Get in touch with our IPT experts for support.

More Questions about Insurance Premium Tax in Spain?

Watch our webinar, IPT: Spotlight on Spain for a deep dive into Spain’s CCS

Learn how to navigate the complex region with our ebook, Is IPT simplicity in Spain possible?

Read our blog to understand the more challenging aspects of IPT reporting in Spain

Need immediate help for IPT in Spain?

Our team of tax experts are ready to help. Get in touch today. For more information about IPT read our free guide to Insurance Premium Tax. For an overview about other VAT-related requirements in Spain read this comprehensive page about VAT compliance in Spain.