AEAT Announces 10 September 2026 Technical Webinar on Spain’s Public E‑Invoicing Solution (SPFE) and Draft Ministerial Order

• New AEAT technical seminar confirmed. AEAT has published a notice on its Desarrolladores (developers) portal announcing the session“Actualización sobre la Solución Pública de Facturación Electrónica (SPFE)”, to be held on 10 September 2026 at 10:00h (CEST) for approximately 1 hour 15 minutes, with mandatory prior registration via a Zoom form and correct identification of the participating entity for the Q&A. [vatupdate.com]
• Agenda centres on the draft Ministerial Order and SPFE services. The two‑point agenda covers an update on the content of the draft Proyecto de Orden Ministerial and its annexes, plus technical information on the SPFE’s services with practical examples — confirming that the rules governing Spain’s free public platform are still being refined ahead of the Order’s entry into force, currently expected around 1 October 2026. [vatupdate.com], [marosavat.com]
• A key trigger for the compliance countdown. Under Royal Decree 238/2026 (BOE, 31 March 2026), the phased deadlines are not tied to a calendar date but run from the entry into force of the Ministerial Order: +12 months for businesses with turnover above €8 million, and +24 months for all other businesses and professionals — making this session important homework for practitioners returning from the summer break. [sede.agenc…ria.gob.es], [marosavat.com]

Extended article

Spain’s Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria (AEAT) has announced a new technical webinar dedicated to the Solución Pública de Facturación Electrónica (SPFE) — the free, state‑run public platform at the heart of Spain’s mandatory B2B e‑invoicing regime under the Ley Crea y Crece (Law 18/2022). The notice appears on the AEAT Desarrolladores portal, under Reuniones – Ejercicio 2026. [vatupdate.com]

The webinar,“Actualización sobre la Solución Pública de Facturación Electrónica (SPFE)”, is scheduled for 10 September 2026 at 10:00h and is expected to run for approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. Attendance requires prior registration via a Zoom form; after completing a few minimal fields, participants receive the joining details at the email address supplied. AEAT stresses the importance of correctly identifying the participating entity so questions can be properly registered, and asks attendees to submit questions per intervention using Zoom’s“Preguntas y respuestas” (Q&A) function. Organisational questions can be sent to [email protected]. [vatupdate.com]

The agenda

The planned order of the day comprises two items:

1. Update on the content of the draft Ministerial Order project and its annexes — a further iteration of the Proyecto de Orden Ministerial regulating the SPFE, which underwent public consultation earlier in 2026 (opened 17 April 2026) and whose entry into force is the key trigger for the compliance countdown. [vatupdate.com], [rtcsuite.com]
2. Technical information on the SPFE’s services, illustrated with practical examples. Follow‑up material will be posted on the AEAT Desarrolladores page. [vatupdate.com]

Why it matters

Spain’s B2B e‑invoicing reform is not primarily a VAT‑compliance measure — its driving policy objective is combating late payments in commercial transactions, generating structured, traceable, real‑time data on when every B2B invoice is issued, accepted or rejected, and actually paid. [rtcsuite.com]

The legal architecture was set by Royal Decree 238/2026, of 25 March, published in the BOE on 31 March 2026. Crucially, the effective application dates are deferred and counted from the entry into force of the Ministerial Order foreseen in its Third Final Provision: twelve months later for businesses whose turnover exceeded €8 million in the preceding calendar year, and twenty‑four months later for all other businesses and professionals. The public platform must be available at least two months before the first effective application date. [sede.agenc…ria.gob.es]

Based on the draft Order presented at AEAT’s earlier 19 May 2026 seminar, entry into force is expected around 1 October 2026, which would place mandatory issue‑and‑receive obligations at 1 October 2027 (turnover > €8M) and 1 October 2028 (all others), with payment‑status reporting for the smallest sole traders extending to 2029. These dates remain subject to formal publication of the Order in the BOE and should be monitored. [marosavat.com]

Technical direction confirmed so far

AEAT’s earlier guidance (1 June 2026) confirmed the SPFE will act as a universal repository of faithful copies (copia fiel) of all e‑invoices, a free issuance/reception tool, an interconnection hub between private platforms, and the manager of payment statuses. The technical standard is the EN 16931 semantic model implemented in UBL syntax, with connectivity via REST APIs, AS4 and web services, and a sandbox testing environment expected from 1 October 2026. [vatupdate.com], [t4sadvance.com]

Topics worth watching at the session

• SPFE architecture, submission and retrieval services, and validation/response mechanisms. [vatupdate.com]
• Interaction between private platforms and the public solution (and the copia fiel obligation). [atecna.com]
• Invoice and payment‑status reporting (acceptance, rejection, payment and due dates). [atecna.com]
• Any changes to the draft Order and confirmation of the implementation timetable. [marosavat.com]

External links

• AEAT – Mandatory electronic invoicing / Royal Decree 238/2026 (Agencia Tributaria) [sede.agenc…ria.gob.es]
• Proyecto de Orden Ministerial SPFE (Ministerio de Hacienda, PDF) [hacienda.gob.es]
• VATupdate – AEAT schedules 10 September 2026 developer webinar on SPFE updates [vatupdate.com]
• VATupdate – AEAT publishes technical guidance on the SPFE [vatupdate.com]
• Marosa – E-invoicing in Spain: Complete Guide [marosavat.com]