Tax procedure
TS· 05.05.2026

Home entry under article 113 of the LGT: the judicial order must individually motivate digital access

The Spanish Supreme Court confirms that the judicial authorisation of home entry under article 113 of the LGT must specifically motivate access to digital repositories —emails, servers, cloud— that affect other rights of …

Home entry
Tax procedure
TS· 05.05.2026

The right to deny the tax Administration entry into the home: the specific reasoning of the judicial order also reaches digital access

Home entry
International taxation
TS· 25.04.2026

The Spanish Supreme Court confirms in the VELCRO case the cross-cutting reach of the beneficial-owner concept in international taxation

Beneficial owner
International taxation
TS· 25.04.2026

VELCRO: the beneficial owner operates cross-cuttingly over Directive and treaty

The Spanish Supreme Court applies the general TRLIRNR withholding where the receiving company channels the royalties to a third party: neither the Directive 2003/49/EC exemption nor the reduced bilateral-treaty rate.

Beneficial owner
Beckham regime
TS· 22.04.2026

Beckham regime: the prior five-year period is measured in tax residence, not in physical presence

The Spanish Supreme Court confirms the restrictive interpretation of article 93.1.a) of the LIRPF: the contributor must have been a non-resident for tax purposes —not merely physically absent— during the five tax periods …

Beckham Law
Beckham regime
TS· 22.04.2026

The special inbound-expatriates regime requires prior residence outside Spain for five complete tax periods

Beckham Law
Tax residence
TS· 09.04.2026

Criminal Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court and the tax-residence certificate: a presumption that yields to compelling evidence

The Criminal Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court confirms that the foreign tax-residence certificate is relevant evidence but does not exhaust the evidential question in criminal proceedings: it yields where there is …

Tax-residence conflict
Tax residence
TS· 09.04.2026

The Criminal Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court rules on the presumption of validity of tax-residence certificates in criminal proceedings

Tax-residence conflict
VAT
TS· 30.03.2026

Penalties of article 171.One.4 of the VAT Act for reverse charge: the proportionality doctrine is alive

The Spanish Supreme Court confirms that the court may directly annul the penalty of article 171.One.4 of the VAT Act for disproportionality in reverse charge cases, without need to refer the matter to the Constitutional …

VAT · penalties
VAT
TS· 30.03.2026

Penalties under article 170.Two.4 of the VAT Act for reverse charge may be annulled as disproportionate

VAT · penalties
Tax procedure
TS· 11.03.2026

A self-assessment may not be the subject of the special review procedure for acts that are null and void

Review of tax acts
VAT
TS· 11.03.2026

Mixed holding and intragroup transfer of participations: differentiated sector under VAT, save autonomous economic unit

The Spanish Supreme Court confirms that intragroup transfers of participations by a mixed holding company are part of the financial differentiated sector for VAT purposes, save where they entail the transfer of an …

VAT · differentiated sector
Tax procedure
TS· 11.03.2026

Tax self-assessment: rectification under article 120.3 of the LGT as the ordinary review channel

The Spanish Supreme Court confirms that a tax self-assessment is not an administrative act. The ordinary review channel where it is considered contrary to law is the rectification of article 120.3 of the LGT, exercised …

Review of tax acts
VAT
TS· 11.03.2026

The intragroup transfer of participations by a mixed holding company forms a differentiated sector for VAT purposes, save where it entails the transfer of an autonomous economic unit

VAT · differentiated sector
Tax residence
TS· 15.07.2025

The Spanish Supreme Court reiterates the doctrine on the foreign tax residence certificate, but the first tie-breaker rule of the treaty fixes residence where the contributor identifies a permanent home

Tax-residence conflict
Tax residence
TS· 22.07.2024

The UK tax residence certificate under the remittance basis regime does not establish residence for the purposes of the Spain-UK tax treaty

Tax-residence conflict
Tax residence
TS· 12.06.2023

The Spanish Supreme Court closes the door on AEAT: a tax residence certificate issued by another State under a tax treaty cannot be displaced by domestic circumstantial evidence