16 Aug 2016: 3% Retention in the purchase-sale of properties in Spain

When a sale of a property located in Spanish territory, by a non-resident taxpayer in Spain occurs, the purchaser has the obligation to withhold and pay 3% of the purchase price of the property, as an advanced payment on account of the taxes of the non-resident seller. In other words, this 3% is a prepayment

Wim Lamers
Abogados en Marbella, Asesoramiento Fiscal Marbella, Asesoramiento Jurídico Costa del Sol, Incremento patrimonial español,

04 Apr 2016: Tax liabilities for non residents in Spain; Non resident tax

Rental – Deemed Income Tax in Spain. All non residents owning a property in the Spain Territory have the legal obligation to present a Non Resident’s annual Tax Return. Even if your Spanish property is left empty or you do not rent it out to a third party, the Spanish Law presumes a “Deemed Rental

Wim Lamers
Accountant in Spain, Lawyers in Marbella, Non Residents in Spain, Tax Advice Marbella,

01 Feb 2016: Possibility to examine the accountancy submitted voluntarily by the taxpayer in the limited control procedure in Spain

Is your company being subject of a limited control procedure of Spanish Inland Revenue? Then take into account the following aspects: In general, the Tax Office in Spain may not examine the accountancy of a trade company by means of a limited control procedure. Now, the new version (modification paragraph 2.c) of article

Wim Lamers
Accountant in Spain, Law in Spain, Lawyers in Marbella, Start a company in Spain,

14 Dec 2015: Inheritance of your home in Spain

The Spanish legal and tax advice should be individual and specific to each client, and especially in the case of succession and Inheritance in Spain and its planning as the advice may be completely different due to the personal and family circumstances of each client. Therefore, each case must be studied carefully. For instance a

Wim Lamers
Inheritance Marbella, Property Lawyer in Marbella, Spanish Inheritance Tax, Spanish tax,

09 Dec 2015: Change of Spanish tax inspections timings

The new version of paragraph 1, article 150 of the Spanish General Tax Law determines a general term of 18 months and an extraordinary term of 27 months for specific and more complex cases: 1.º That the yearly turnover of the taxpayer is higher of equivalent to the turnover required for audits of the annual

Wim Lamers
Accountant in Spain, Fiscal advisers Marbella, Spanish Inland Revenue, Spanish tax,

16 Nov 2015: Possibility to publish Spanish tax information in the cases where such is imposed by the E.U. regulation

You have a debts with Spanish national Inland Revenue? A list of debtors with the Spanish Tax Office will be published periodically regarding debts and penalties that are not postponed or suspended, in the cases the total is exceeding 1 million euro and the tax has not been paid within the voluntary period. (new article

Wim Lamers
Accountant in Spain, Company tax, Spanish Capital Gain Tax, Spanish Inland Revenue, Tax Advice Marbella,

03 Nov 2015: Company Tax rates in Spain 2015 – 2016

Our team of lawyers and economists in Marbella, Arcos & Lamers Asociados, have the pleasure to provide you some information regarding the tax types of the new Company tax 2015 and 2016. PARTIES LIABLE TO TAX TYPES 2015 2016 General type 28% 25% Newly created entities except those that levy at a lower rate, shall

Wim Lamers
Accountant in Spain, Accountant Marbella, Company tax, Start a company in Spain, Tax Advice Marbella,

05 Oct 2015: Company tax in Spain. Losses from previous fiscal years

The time limit to compensate the negative tax bases of the company tax in Spain generated by the losses from previous tax years has changed drastically by the law 27/2014. New measures are being taken in the law 27/2014: compensation of negative tax bases: How compensation of negative tax bases is being dealt with, is

Wim Lamers
Accountant in Spain, Company tax, Start a company in Spain, Tax Advice Marbella,

21 Sep 2015: Decrease of the scale of Income tax in Spain (IRPF)

Congratulations! The decrease of the scale of Income tax for Natural persons for the year 2016 will be applied already in 2015. We already talked about the scales of tax percentages of the income tax for the year 2014, 2015 and 2016 in our article of 11.05.2015. Nevertheless, the government has decided to apply this

14 Sep 2015: Taxation on savings income in Spain as from 11.07.2015

On 29.06.2015 we have published an article referring to the taxation on savings income 2015, Income tax 2015, Taxation on savings income 2015, but this has been cancelled by a new Royal Decree published in the Spanish Official State Gazette in which it was decided to decrease this tax. On the 11th July 2015 a

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3% Retention in the purchase-sale of properties in Spain