DAC7: why Petme asks for your tax details
EU rules known as DAC7 require online platforms to collect and report information about the people who earn money through them. Petme is run by Lion Den SL, a Spanish company, so every January we report to the Spanish tax agency (Agencia Tributaria) the sitters who earned through Petme in the previous year.
Why we have to do this
This isn't a Petme policy, and it isn't optional. The law requires every online platform operating in the EU to collect, check and report these details about the people who earn money through it:
- EU law: Council Directive (EU) 2021/514, known as DAC7, which applies in every EU country.
- Spanish law, which applies DAC7 to Petme: additional provision 25 of the General Tax Law (Ley 58/2003, General Tributaria) and Royal Decree 117/2024.
If we didn't do it, the Spanish tax agency would fine Petme for every sitter concerned. Every platform in the EU that pays people for their work has the same obligation.
Who is asked
We ask sitters who live in an EU country, the United Kingdom, Canada or New Zealand, because those are the places Spain shares this information with. We go by the country of the account you're paid into.
If you live anywhere else, you don't need to do anything.
When we ask
We ask when a pet parent pays for your first booking. Sitters who already had bookings in 2026 receive the request by email on 30 October 2026.
What we ask
- Your first and last names and your date of birth
- The address where you live now
- Your tax identification number and the country that issued it, or your place of birth if you don't have one
- Your VAT number, only if you are registered for VAT and it is different from your tax number
- If you offer your services through a company: the company's name, address, tax and VAT numbers and registration number
Most of this is already filled in from the ID you verified when you joined. You check it, add what's missing and send it. If you verified with a Spanish DNI, it usually takes less than a minute.
How to fill it in
Open the link in our email, or go to your profile settings on petme.social and choose Tax details (DAC7). You can come back and update your details at any time, for example if you move.
If you don't send it
We send two reminders. If 60 days have passed since our first request and we still don't have your details, Spanish law requires us to hold your payments until you send them. You can keep taking bookings in the meantime, and the money we held is paid to you as soon as your details arrive. Spanish law also allows the tax agency to fine sitters who don't provide this information.
What we report
For each year, we report the details above, the amounts paid to you in each quarter, the number of bookings, the commission we kept, and the Stripe account you are paid into. The Spanish tax agency may share this with the tax authority of the country where you live. In January we send you a copy of what we reported about you.
DAC7 doesn't change your own tax obligations: you are still responsible for declaring your income where you live.
Your privacy
We keep these details for 10 years after each year we report, as the law requires, even if you close your account. Read more in our privacy policy.