- Spanish tax authorities released guidelines for the 2025 tax and customs control plan on 27 February 2025
- The plan is based on five main pillars: information and assistance, preventing noncompliance and fraud, investigation and verification, control of fraud in collection, and collaboration with other tax authorities
- VAT actions include intensified control on refund applications, enhanced monitoring of invoicing obligations, increased scrutiny of intra-Community transactions, focus on digital economy activities, and reinforced international collaboration
- Import of goods actions involve intensified customs inspections, strengthened oversight of customs value declarations, increased inspection of sensitive goods, enhanced international collaboration, and implementation of new technology and automation
- Plastic tax actions include intensified compliance inspections, strengthened monitoring of stock registration, increased control over imports of non-reusable plastic packaging, enhanced inter-administration collaboration, and provision of assistance and training to taxpayers
- The plan builds on previous activities and expands focus areas for the Spanish tax administration
Source: bdo.global
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