Updated 2026-07-10 · 4 min read
Who this is for. VeriFactu is a Spanish tax rule and it applies to salons in Spain, including the many run by owners who don't read Spanish. If your salon is elsewhere, this does not apply to you — your country has its own rules on till software, if any.
If you have a hair or beauty salon in Spain, there's a date worth noting: from 2027, your salon's receipts will have to be issued with an invoicing system adapted to VeriFactu, the tax agency's new control. It isn't optional, it doesn't depend on your size, and it affects the one-chair salon exactly as much as the chain with five locations. The good news: understood in time, it's a formality, not a drama.
What VeriFactu is, in plain language
VeriFactu is the name of the system created by Royal Decree 1007/2023 (the anti-fraud law) so that invoicing programs cannot delete or tamper with receipts. Every time you take payment for a service, your software will generate an encrypted record chained to the previous one — like the links of a chain: touch one and it shows — and your receipt will carry a QR code any client (or inspector) can scan to verify it with the tax agency.
In its most common form, the program itself sends each record to the tax office at the moment. Does that sound like Big Brother? In practice, for a salon that works properly, very little changes: you take payment the same way, only the receipt comes out with a QR code and the system behind it meets certain technical requirements.
The dates that affect you
Watch out for the noise online: these dates have moved twice (originally it was 2026), so you'll find out-of-date articles everywhere. As things stand, after the latest postponement, the calendar is the one above. There's a third date that has already passed: since 29 July 2025, software makers can only sell adapted programs. Translation: if you're going to change till or management software this year, insist that it already complies with VeriFactu — buying something today that doesn't is buying a problem.
What if I write my receipts by hand?
Here's the nuance almost nobody explains properly. VeriFactu regulates computerised invoicing systems: if you don't use one today (a paper pad, a purely mechanical till), the rule doesn't force you to go digital. But let's be honest: the moment you use any program to take payment — a touchscreen till, an app, the cash module of your booking software — that program has to comply. And the trade's direction is clear: between VeriFactu, the digital time record coming in and appointment management, the 100% paper salon has its days numbered.
What you should do this year (a realistic checklist)
- 1. Ask your current till or cash provider whether their system is adapted, and ask for their written declaration of conformity. If they stall, that's a bad sign.
- 2. If you're thinking of changing program, put VeriFactu on the list of non-negotiable requirements, alongside no lock-in and no commissions.
- 3. Talk to your accountant about your specific case (company vs self-employed) to confirm your exact date.
- 4. Don't pay for panic: sellers have sprung up using VeriFactu as a scare tactic with «offers that expire today». You have time to decide properly.
And what does ClaudIA have to do with this?
Total transparency, that's what our blog is for: ClaudIA is the virtual assistant that handles your salon's WhatsApp, Instagram and phone and fills your calendar — it isn't a till. Today it lives happily alongside any VeriFactu-adapted till (your calendar and your till, each to its own). And we're building a receipt module with the tax agency's QR code to issue them directly when the appointment closes, which will arrive well before the law obliges you. If you'd like us to let you know when it's ready, write to us from the FAQ page.
The essentials, in three lines
VeriFactu reaches your salon in 2027 (January if you're a company, July if you're self-employed). It requires the software you take payment with to generate tamper-proof records and receipts with a verifiable QR code. Your job in 2026 is a single one: make sure your till — the current one or the one you buy — is adapted, with the maker's declaration of conformity in your hand.
*This article is informational and doesn't replace advice from your tax adviser. Dates and rules last reviewed: July 2026.*