[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1652803206517{margin-bottom: 33px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”large”][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cualquier persona o empresa extranjera que quiera establecerse o hacer algún tipo de negocio en España, You must request the Tax Identification Number. It is mandatory to have this number for almost all economic transactions.

NIF for foreigners When do you need it?

• If you want to make a transaction in Spain is a person, not a company or other type of entity, you must ask for the tax identification number (NIE or Foreigner Identification Number) in the Police.
• It is needed when opening a business or acquiring a good in Spain, such as the purchase of a property. This situation is known as Tax reason.
• When a foreigner wishes to establish his home somewhere in Spain you have to ask for another type of identification number, the Foreigner Identification Card or TIE that is related to your residence in Spain. It depends on your nationality and your personal situation, the requirements to apply for a residence card in Spain are different and are related to the emigration policy and its applicable regulations.

Where to apply for the NIF?

• The NIE or Foreigner Identification Number for individuals can be requested at the Police.
• It is also possible to request the NIE at the Spanish Embassy or Consulate of the foreign country.

Obtain the NIF as a Company or Society

When the business is carried out by a partnership, the way to proceed to obtain the NIF is different from the previous case. In this case, the NIF must be requested directly from the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT). So, in order to obtain the NIF it is necessary to deliver specific documentation and do certain procedures. Below we explain the main steps that should be followed in this case.

What are the necessary documents to make the NiF of Company / Society?

1. A document certifying that the company exists and that it is active is necessary and that the person who signs the specific power of attorney (see next point) to obtain the NIF has sufficient power to do so.. In general, a Certificate of Validity and Charges from the corresponding Mercantile Registry of each country is used., that specifies that the company is in force and who is the director of the company.

2. It is also necessary to grant a specific power of attorney made before a Notary Public in favor of a Spanish person that empowers him to request the NIF on behalf of the foreign company.

3. You can seize a non-Spanish person, but in this case, it is also necessary that you previously own your own NIE in Spain (and this is complicated to obtain sometimes). Thus, This person has to do the paperwork beforehand to get his Spanish NIE, as previously detailed.

The only exception for not using the power of attorney is that the administrator of the company is the person who carries out the NIF application procedures, although, if not spanish, You will still need to do the previous procedures to obtain your personal Spanish NIE.

Thus, We consider that the easiest way to carry out the procedures is to empower a Spanish person who already has their own NIF to do the procedures for obtaining the NIF of the foreign company. In this sense, we could help you throughout this process.

4. It is necessary that both documents (Certificate of the Commercial Register and power of attorney) are apostilled by the Hague Convention or legalized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and after this, Both documents must be sworn in Spanish.

5. Then, the company representative must sign the NIF application form, indicating an address in Spain as a contact, as well as the address of the foreign company.

In this post we have told you the main steps to follow to start doing business in Spain por parte de una persona o entidad extranjera.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]