Tax Fraud Prevention Act 11/2021, was published on 10 July 2021. This act transposes Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164, dated 12 July 2016 (Laying Down Rules against Tax Avoidance Practices that Directly Affect the Functioning of the Internal Market), which amended various tax laws and gambling regulations. This new Act amends a vast number of regulations and affects almost every aspect of the Spanish tax system (both for companies and individuals, international taxation, indirect taxation, general tax rules…).
The Legal Office of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (the “SDPA”) has issued on 17 June 2021 a legal report addressing various issues related to the processing of data in the context of health research in the form of clinical trials. Specifically, this report analyzes the legal position of the sponsor, the monitor and the healthcare centers in relation to the processing of trial patient data, and in particular of the clinical history.
The Spanish Ministry of Health is working on a project for a new royal decree regulating medical devices following the adoption of a new framework at the European level through Regulation (EU) 2017/45 of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices.
The new proposed regulation (“Circular”) is aimed at developing the rules, principles and criteria to which crypto-asset advertising will be subject. The Circular defines the type of entities and assets included in its scope and the powers granted to the Spanish financial regulator, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), so it can supervise and control the adverting of certain types of crypto assets that have been deemed unregulated products thus far. The deadline for interested parties to reply to the public consultation is 31 August 2021.
The tax challenges of the digital economy may catch historically non-digital companies by surprise as they “go digital.” Baker McKenzie’s Special Report, Digital Revolution: Transfer Pricing on the Global Tax Battlefield provides insight into digital technology trends non-digital businesses are incorporating and the key tax trends companies must actively navigate including industry sector case studies, transfer pricing considerations, multilateral and unilateral measures, transfer pricing audits and dispute resolution.
Recently, there has been development in Spain in relation to value-added tax (VAT) refunds post-Brexit, and the application of a European Court of Justice case to recent tax court rulings around indemnity payments.
In a recent article for Practical Law, Paula de Biase provides an overview of the national measures that have been taken in Spain relating to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR).
Scrutiny by tax authorities can only be expected to intensify because of the pandemic’s impacts on the global…
In brief On 26 February 2021, the new Tax Convention for the Elimination of Double Taxation signed between…
On 30 January 2021, Spain’s Official State Gazette published Royal Decree 1/2021, which established certain amendments in Spain’s Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (El Plan General de Contabilidad or “PGC”), such as the GAAP for Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs), the rules for preparing Consolidated Annual Financial Statements and the rules for adapting the GAAP to non-profit institutions