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When it comes to taxes, usually the taxpayer is interested in declaring the acquisition of goods for the lowest value possible. The lower the value, the lower the taxes: that is printed in gold in all of our heads. That is correct. However, the decision should take...
The UK is a very important market for the Spanish real estate sector. Nowadays, there are around 800,000 British with properties in Spain and about 300,000 residents. As a result, around 14 percent of the dwelling transactions in Spain have people from the UK as one...
On February 13t FC Barcelona announced they were going to launch a new cryptocurrency. Under their agreement with Chiliz that, according to its website: “gives sports and esports fans the ability to crowd-manage their favorite teams, games, leagues, and events”. For...
Just one day before the regional and municipal elections, Catalunya’s government approved a decree-law limiting the raises in housing rental prices. The limit stated that in the areas in which the renting market is unfair, the owners can only raise the price of the...
When you inherit an estate in Spain, it is likely that you will want to sell it in order to cash in on the money and be able to enjoy it. Once you are the new owner, selling is quite straightforward. However, if there is more than one heir, things can get complicated....
Although apostille is used internationally, each country may have its own particularities. We specialise in providing international apostilles, regardless of the country. However, in this article, we want to clarify who is able to apostille a document in Spain. Spain...
Spain just had elections. The country usually has one election every four years, but lately there have been four of them in the last four years: 2015, 2016, April 2019, and November 2019. Nowadays, Spaniards are tired of voting and seeing how their politicians are...
There is not a magic formula that will make you avoid succession tax, but there are some things you can do to pay less because of it. The first thing you should do is to check the debts associated with the legacy. In Spain, you cannot inherit assets and avoid the...
Succession tax is becoming a political weapon in Spain with the left defending its importance and the right stating that it is unfair. The last chapter of this “war” comes from the sunny Canary Islands. The government of the Canary Islands, currently led by Ángel...
A holographic Will is a Will that has been handwritten by the grantor. In Spain, the most common way to make a Will is making it before a public notary, but holographic Wills are absolutely legal. The only, but significant, problem with a holographic Will is that its...
Starting January 1, 2020, the Canary Islands will have a new succession tax. If you follow this blog, you likely know that the whole country of Spain is involved in a controversy about the succession tax. First, this is because the tax is different in every single...
If you have been in a department store in Spain, you have probably been in El Corte Inglés. It is one of the main companies in Spain and the biggest department store group in Europe. It is also a family business. As it is sadly common with family business, inheritance...
