To start using it, you first need to register in person or with a digital certificate before you can use it fully online.
An autónomo uses it to check their tax data, download the draft income tax return, see their Social Security situation or file some returns. Cl@ve PIN is for one-off access: you request a code and it expires shortly. Cl@ve Permanente is more convenient for frequent use and adds an extra code for sensitive operations.
The typical mistake is relying on Cl@ve for everything. Some procedures require a signature with a digital certificate, and an SL usually needs the representative certificate rather than the director's personal Cl@ve. Another slip is leaving it to the last day: if you have to recover access or change the linked phone, the deadline can catch up with you.
It is linked to the certificado digital and to representation before the tax agency. Cl@ve identifies you as a person; if an advisor files for you, they use their own access and your authorisation. The returns you prepare box by box in kontora you file from the app itself with your digital certificate (303, 130, 111, 115 and 123 by direct filing; 349, 347, 190, 180 and 193 through TGVI); with Cl@ve, you file them on the tax agency's website.
Guides that use this term
- Digital certificate and Cl@ve for foreign autónomos in Spain: how to get them with an NIE and what each one lets you do
- How to file and pay modelo 210 from outside Spain
- Non-resident tax in Spain: which taxes you pay and when
- How to fill in the modelo 036 box by box: registering as an autónomo or an SL, IAE heading, ROI, changes and deregistration
- Registering as self-employed in Spain: the two procedures, in order and without fines
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