Your company's tax number, in plain terms
For a business the NIF is simply the company tax number — the very thing people in Spain used to call the CIF. Whenever a Spanish form, invoice or contract asks to identify your company, this is the number it wants.
A foreign business that has no office or branch in Spain still qualifies. You are given a particular flavour of NIF, the N98, which covers almost everything a trading company needs to do.
Your company needs a NIF to:
- Sell products or services to Spanish customers
- Buy or hold property in the company's name
- Register for Spanish VAT (IVA) or join the One-Stop-Shop
- Sign up for EPR and packaging-waste schemes
- Open a business bank account in Spain
- Import goods and run them through Spanish warehouses
- Take on staff or put your name to commercial agreements
- Bill Spanish clients and pay Spanish suppliers
Where we come in
We do the NIF registration for foreign companies from start to finish — filling in the Modelo 036 and dealing with the Agencia Tributaria on your behalf under a power of attorney. Nobody flies anywhere, and nothing has to be notarised.
In Spain
The Spain office sets the pace for the what is the company nif? across Spain. Our team books your appointment, checks your paperwork, and walks you through the day itself.