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VIES registration: EU VAT registration for your Spanish company to allow VAT exemption on intra-EU transactions.
If a company is selling goods to a company based in a different EU country and both companies are listed in the VIES/ROI database, then the goods are exempt from VAT tax. If, on the other hand, both companies are based in the same country then VAT must still be applied.
If you have a Spanish company (with a Spanish tax ID), we can apply for a European VAT number (VIES) for you, as long as you fulfill the requirements.
Using the VIES database, an approved company can find out immediately whether an invoice must include VAT or not by looking up the VAT number of the company they are doing business with. Each EU member tax office maintains an electronic database that sends the information to the central VIES database. The database has two main objectives:
Note that once you are registered, you may be removed from the system at any time, often because you do not have any intra-EU transactions.
Please contact us if you would like to apply for VIES VAT registration for your company in Spain.
Call us at 932 155 393 or fill out the form below.
Links:
EU VAT Registry (VIES database)
The Hague Apostille: Where to go to get the Apostille for your documents.
The Hague Apostille for the USA.
FAQs:
I have a Spanish company with a CIF. My advisor told me that it's valid, but the European VAT registry website says that it's an invalid VAT number. Why?
Who must have a Tax Identification Number (NIF) and a VAT Number?
What is the difference between the Tax Identification Number (NIF) and VAT Number?
How is the VAT Intracommunitary Number requested?
I plan to sell online in Spain. Do I charge Spanish VAT tax?
I operate a shoe company in the USA. We are starting to manufacture our shoes in Spain. Will the VAT automatically be deducted by the Spanish shoe factory, since we are not located in a country that uses the VAT system?
We are a Swiss company and we are going to open a call center in Barcelona to serve our European (non-Spanish) clients. Do we need to register for VAT in Spain?
We are a UK company that provides onsite computer server support. We have been asked to undertake this role in Spain. Since we are required to charge VAT locally, we will require a VAT number, right?
My French company is selling in Spain. Can we avoid having our Spanish clients pay VAT tax?
There are areas in Europe such as the Canary Islands that are outside the VAT system, so a VAT number for a company based in the Canary Islands will never show up in the VIES system.