For those who do not know, the “Impuesto sobre el Incremento de Valor de los Terrenos Urbanos”, more commonly referred to as the “Plusvalía” Tax, is a local capital gains tax on the value of urban land, levied when a property in Spain is sold, inherited o gifted. However, the gain being taxed was not […]

The digital nomad visa is the most recently introduced visa in Spain, in an effort to adapt to the ever-increasing number of cases of remote workers in these modern times. It was introduced in 2023 and it allows foreign nationals to work from home in Spain for overseas companies and reside in Spain. What is […]

Some people may be concerned as to whether their residency application, after the 31st December 2020, will still be covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. Well the Spanish Foreign Office has made it clear that as long as the applicant can prove, by any legally admissible means, that they were residing in Spain before the 31st […]

The general rule is that for any official document issued in a foreign country to be valid and recognised in another, the document will need to legalised, or in the case of countries party to the Apostille Convention apostilled. Exemption within the EU As part of the EU’s administrative cooperation EU Regulation 2016/1191 came into […]

As we all know, the Brexit transition period means that UK nationals are able to enjoy their rights of free movement in Spain until the 31st December 2020. What you may not know is that UK nationals and their family members residing in Spain under the conditions laid down in the Withdrawal Agreement before the […]

As we all know after the approval of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement the UK now finds itself in a transition period which will last until the 31st December 2020, assuming that it is not extended. During this transition period UK citizens can continue to live, work and study in the EU as they did before […]

On the 31st October 2019 the Spanish Constitutional Court issued a significant ruling concerning the infamous “Plusvalía” Tax (Municipal Capital Gains Tax). For those not already aware of it, it is a local tax on the increase in the value of urban land. The controversy surrounding the “Plusvalía” Tax in recent years is due to […]

Private Limited Company (Sociedad Limitada) Activity: With the exception of certain types of activity reserved exclusively to public limited companies, private limited companies can carry out any type of activity. Number of shareholders: Whilst the capital paid in by each member of the company is important, in the private limited company importance is given to […]