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 Spain and Japan (“New Tax Convention”) was published in Spain’s Official State Gazette. The New Tax Convention is generally aimed at adapting its previous version to the most recent standards issued by…
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
On 20 January, 2021, part of Law 18/2020 of 28 December to facilitate economic activity, enters into force, following publication in the Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia on 31 December. The main aim of this law is to facilitate economic activity in an all-digital environment, allowing for a more agile, efficient relationship between the administration and companies, supposedly with fewer administrative burdens for companies, and a more simplified administrative intervention framework.
On 1 January 2021, the UK left the EU VAT regime. Although the UK has retained a VAT system, it now operates on the basis that it is a third country (with the exception of goods supplied to and from Northern Ireland (“NI”), which continue to be treated as intra-EU trade for VAT purposes).
The UK Government’s agreement of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement with the EU does not change the VAT position. The TCA contains minimal provisions relating to VAT and with the exception of NI trade in goods, the UK is in most respects expected to be treated as any other third country for VAT purposes.