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General Information

Name

Certificates. Issue of certificates of succession of activity

Type of procedure/service
Tax information
Subject
Taxes
SIA code
997969
Description

Procedure for issuing a certificate of debt, sanctions and tax liabilities for those intending to acquire the ownership of operations and economic activities, for the purpose of limiting the joint and several liability for the tax payment obligations that exist prior to the acquisition, mentioned in Article 42.1.c) of the General Tax Act 58/2003 of 17 December.

Body responsible for the procedure
State Tax Administration Agency (EA0028512)

General information on the procedure/service

Instigating party
  • Interesado
Recipient interested party
  • Citizen
  • Business
Documents
  • Certificate request
Deadline for resolution

3 Month(s)

Administrative silence interested party
Positive
Competent bodies
  • Tax Agency
End of procedure
No
Appeals
  • The content of the certificate can only be contested via a letter of disagreement within a period of ten days requesting modification of the certificate.
Basic Regulations
Place of submission
  • Online.
  • Tax Agency offices.
  • Post offices.
  • Other places included in Article 16 of Law 39/2015
Stages of procedure
  • Commencement. Request for certificate for the purpose of acquiring ownership of operations and economic activities, with the agreement of the current owner. Certificates, whatever their content, will not be effective if the date of filing of the request for issue is later than the date of acquisition of the operation or economic activity in question.
  • Procedure and conclusion. The local tax office shall issue the certificate within a period of three months from the date of request. In such cases, the acquirer's liability shall be limited to the debts, sanctions and liabilities contained therein. If the certificate is issued without mentioning debts, sanctions or liabilities or it is not issued within the indicated deadline, the petitioner shall be exempt from the liability mentioned in the article.Exemption or limitation of the liability derived from these certificates shall only arise in relation to those debts for which the local office where the certificate is requested, is the competent office.
URl for online processing
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Forms
Identification system(s)
  • Electronic DNI
  • Digital certificate
  • Clave PIN
Integrado en Clave
Yes
Practica notificaciones
  • Postal
  • Electronic notification by means of Electronic Submission
  • Electronic notification by means of Enabled E-mail Address
Sujeto a tasas
No
Level of interactivity
Level 4: Online procedure

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