FAQ — EU citizens
Answers to the questions we hear most from EU citizens settling in Spain.
Yes. An EU company — a German GmbH, a French SARL, a Dutch BV and so on — needs a Spanish NIF the moment it sells goods, buys property, stores stock, or picks up EPR or VAT obligations in Spain, even with no permanent establishment.
For a company they are one and the same. The corporate tax number was once issued as the CIF and is now legally the NIF. Foreign entities with no permanent establishment receive the N98 variant.
With a complete file it is usually registered with the Agencia Tributaria inside 1–2 business days. The real work is preparing the Modelo 036 correctly, which we take care of.
No. The foreign-entity NIF requires no notarised, legalised or translated documents — we complete the official forms for you.
A representative or administrator generally needs a personal NIE/NIF. Where required we obtain the company NIF and the director numbers in the same engagement.
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