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Start out in Vitoria-Gasteiz
If you live in Vitoria-Gasteiz, or anywhere in Álava, your taxes go to the Hacienda Foral de Álava. You invoice with TicketBAI, keep your own record books, and file your returns in Álava's electronic office. Where your clients are does not matter.
Your steps in Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Check that you can work as an autónomo: Check your right to work.
- If you are not an EU citizen, get your TIE at the Policía Nacional, by appointment. See Get your TIE card.
- Register your address (padrón) in person at a citizen office (Oficina de Atención Ciudadana) or at the San Martín municipal offices. You cannot register online. See Register your address at the town hall.
- Check the Lanbide start-up grants before you register. See Check the Lanbide start-up grants first.
- Register with Hacienda Foral de Álava: the modelo 037, online only, before you start. The IAE form (modelo 840 or 841) goes in the 10 working days just before you start, so file the 037 before it. See Register with your Hacienda Foral.
- Register with Social Security, with the same start date. See Register with Social Security.
- Invoice with TicketBAI. The free official app in Álava is FakturAraba. See Set up TicketBAI invoicing.
- Keep your record books and file your quarterly returns. See Record your income and expenses and File your quarterly returns.
What is different in Álava
- Your own record books. You keep them yourself and do not send them to Hacienda. There are no draft VAT returns: you prepare each return, for example with Hacienda's free Windows help program for tax forms.
- The modelo 347. By the end of February, you may need to file a yearly list of clients and suppliers you dealt with for more than €3,005.06. TicketBAI does not exempt you. See File your annual returns.
- The Renta with business income. You prepare it yourself with the free help program, Rentared. The free service at Hacienda offices is not open to people with business income.
- The simplified method. To use it, choose it on your registration, or before 1 March of the year it applies to. See Know what you can deduct.
Your 2026 tax deadlines
| Deadline | Forms (modelo) | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 2 February 2026 | 390, 349 | File the modelo 390 (annual VAT summary, which also settles October to December 2025) and the modelo 349 for the fourth quarter. Moved from 31 January, a Saturday. |
| Tuesday 10 February 2026 | 130 | File and pay the modelo 130 for October to December 2025. Only in your first year of activity. From your second year, Hacienda charges it for you. |
| Monday 2 March 2026 | 347 | File the modelo 347 if any client or supplier was over €3,005.06 in 2025. Moved from 28 February, a Saturday. |
| Tuesday 7 April 2026 | Information | From today you can file your 2025 income tax return (Renta). The deadline is 25 June. |
| Monday 27 April 2026 | 303, 349 | File the modelo 303 (VAT) and the modelo 349 (EU sales list) for January to March. Moved from 25 April, a Saturday. |
| Monday 11 May 2026 | 130 | File and pay the modelo 130 for January to March. Moved from 10 May, a Sunday. Only in your first year of activity. From your second year, Hacienda charges it for you. |
| Thursday 25 June 2026 | 100 | Last day to file your 2025 income tax return (Renta, modelo 100). |
| Monday 27 July 2026 | 303, 349 | File the modelo 303 (VAT) and the modelo 349 (EU sales list) for April to June. Moved from 25 July, a Saturday and a public holiday. |
| Monday 10 August 2026 | 130 | File and pay the modelo 130 for April to June. Only in your first year of activity. From your second year, Hacienda charges it for you. |
| Monday 26 October 2026 | 303, 349 | File the modelo 303 (VAT) and the modelo 349 (EU sales list) for July to September. Moved from 25 October, a Sunday. |
| Tuesday 10 November 2026 | 130 | File and pay the modelo 130 for July to September. Only in your first year of activity. From your second year, Hacienda charges it for you. |
| Monday 1 February 2027 (expected) | 390, 349 | File the modelo 390 (annual VAT summary, which also settles October to December 2026) and the modelo 349 for the fourth quarter. Moved from 31 January, a Sunday. Expected date, from this year's pattern. Confirm it when the 2027 calendar is published. |
| Wednesday 10 February 2027 (expected) | 130 | File and pay the modelo 130 for October to December 2026. Only in your first year of activity. Expected date, from this year's pattern. Confirm it when the 2027 calendar is published. |
You can add these dates to your phone's calendar from Check your 2026 tax deadlines.
Offices in Vitoria-Gasteiz
| Office | What for | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacienda Foral de Álava | Taxes, census registration | Samaniego 14 | 945 181 555 |
| Oficina de Extranjería | Residence permits, renewals and arraigo | Olaguibel 1 | 945 759 480 |
| Basque Government, Delegación Territorial de Araba | Work part of first-time work permits | Samaniego 2, 2nd floor | 945 017 010 |
| Policía Nacional | TIE, NIE, EU registration certificate | Oñate s/n, according to the Policía office list. Check the address on your appointment confirmation | 945 209 642 |
| Town hall (padrón) | Address registration | Any citizen office, or San Martín, Pintor Teodoro Dublang 25 | 010 or 945 161 100 |
| Zuzenean | Basque Government procedures, BakQ | Ramiro de Maeztu 10 | 012 or 945 018 000 |
Hours, booking links and the other offices are in Find an office.
Free help in Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Vitoria-Gasteiz city council: a 32-hour business creation course, shorter workshops, online courses and up to 10 hours of personal advice. Email infoempresas@vitoria-gasteiz.org with a few lines on your business idea. Phone 010 or 945 161 100.
- Cámara de Álava: its business creation centre, run with the Diputación Foral, gives personal advice on legal form, start-up procedures, tax and grants. Dato 38. Phone 945 141 800, creaciondeempresas@camaradealava.com.
- BIC Araba: support for innovative, technology-based projects. Phone 945 298 282.
- Hacienda Foral de Álava: tax questions on 945 181 555, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 14:30. Help with the online office and the help program on 945 569 028.
More services are in Get help with your business.
Official sources
- Hacienda Foral de Álava: electronic office (opens in a new tab)
- Álava: modelo 037 (opens in a new tab)
- Álava: how to do your Renta (opens in a new tab)
- Álava: help program for tax forms (opens in a new tab)
- FakturAraba (opens in a new tab)
- Vitoria-Gasteiz: registering in the padrón (opens in a new tab)
- Vitoria-Gasteiz city council: business creation programme (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
- Cámara de Álava: business creation centre (opens in a new tab)
- Basque Government: first-time work permits for foreigners (opens in a new tab)
- Government Delegation in Euskadi: immigration offices (opens in a new tab)
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