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Spain · Modelo 303 (IVA)

Spanish IVA Return (Modelo 303) — computed from your books

HelloBooks reads your facturas emitidas and facturas recibidas, classifies each line by IVA rate (21% general, 10% reducido, 4% superreducido, 0% exento/no sujeto), and fills in the key Modelo 303 boxes. You review the figures, then submit via Agencia Tributaria (AEAT) Sede Electrónica or hand them to your asesor fiscal.

Modelo 303 boxes HelloBooks computes

BoxLabelWhat it includes
Box 1Base imponible al tipo general (21%)Net value of taxable supplies subject to the standard 21% IVA rate
Box 2Cuota IVA devengado (21%)Output IVA due at the standard 21% rate on domestic taxable supplies
Box 3Exportaciones y entregas intracomunitarias exentasZero-rated exports outside the EU and intra-EU supplies (entregas intracomunitarias) to VAT-registered buyers
Box 4Operaciones no sujetas o con inversión del sujeto pasivoOut-of-scope supplies and transactions where the buyer accounts for IVA (inversión del sujeto pasivo / reverse charge)
Box 5Base imponible de las deduccionesNet value of purchases and expenses on which input IVA is recoverable
Box 6Cuota IVA deducibleRecoverable input IVA on domestic purchases, imports, and intra-EU acquisitions
Box 7Resultado de la liquidaciónBox 2 minus Box 6 — net IVA due to AEAT (a ingresar) or credit to compensate / request refund (a compensar/devolver)

Key facts — Spanish IVA

  • • General rate (tipo general): 21%
  • • Reduced rate (tipo reducido): 10% (passenger transport, hotel accommodation, restaurant meals — food consumed on premises, non-essential foodstuffs, live cultural events, new housing purchases)
  • • Super-reduced rate (tipo superreducido): 4%(basic foodstuffs — bread, flour, cereals, milk, cheese, eggs, fruit & vegetables; books, newspapers and magazines; medicines for human use; vehicles for disabled persons; prostheses)
  • • Zero-rated: exports outside the EU, intra-EU dispatches to VAT-registered buyers
  • • Exempt (exento): financial services, insurance, healthcare, education, residential rentals
  • • Inversión del sujeto pasivo (reverse charge): construction services, certain goods (scrap metal, gold), real estate where seller has opted to tax
  • • Filing frequency: quarterly for most businesses (last 20 days of April, July, October, January); monthly for large businesses with annual turnover above €6 million (included in SII from day 1)
  • • SII (Suministro Inmediato de Información): large businesses must report each invoice electronically to AEAT within 4 days of issue/receipt
  • • Annual summary: Modelo 390 must be filed by 30 January for the prior year
  • • Portal: Agencia Tributaria (AEAT) (agenciatributaria.gob.es) — Sede Electrónica; certificate or Cl@ve required for electronic filing