Are you eligible for a Spanish Golden Visa?
In order to obtain a Spanish Residency permit by means of the Spanish Golden Visa scheme, you must make an investment in Spain. However, not just any investment will do. It must comply with the criteria exposed in the Spanish Entrepreneurial Act of 2013 in order to make you eligible for the Residency. The first […]
Do You Have Real Estate Investments in Spain? Apply Now For Your Golden Visa Residency
Although the Golden Visa scheme, included in the Spanish Entrepreneur’s Law of September 2013, is aimed at obtaining foreign investments, it also works the other way around A whole fifteen months have passed since the Spanish government put forth a new law which gives a residency visa to foreigners who buy real state in Spain. […]
Forecast Suggests Increased Confidence In Spanish Property Market
In this interesting article published by Tax News-Global Tax News and written by Ulrika Lomas, the author discusses how real seems to be the positive forecast of increasing possibilities for the Spanish property market for 2014. A new report from the Urban Land Institute and PwC has found increasing investor confidence in the Spanish property […]
Legal update on Spanish time sharing regulations
As published in Conflict of Laws website by Marta Requejo, one year after the expiry of the deadline set by the Directive 2008/122/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 14 January 2009, on the protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshare, long-term holiday products, resale and exchange contracts, the Spanish […]
The Life and Work Balance Concept is Outdated
Although this is not a tax topic, it will influence the way we think and will probably make life less taxing. The authors of Tribal Leadership declare work-life balance as a nonsense concept. According to them if you let it, it will damage your career, hurt your family, make your life mediocre and make you […]
OECD Launches New Report on Measuring Well-Being
Do you like your job? How’s your health? Are you spending enough time each day with your children? When you need them, are your friends there for you? Can you trust your neighbours? And how satisfied are you, overall, with your life? A new OECD publication, How’s Life? , looks at these questions and others, offering a […]
European Commission vs Spain.- Transfer Tax on real estate companies
The European Commission has been very active during the last years regarding Spanish Tax position when a non resident element is involved. Our posting today deals with a matter involving transfer tax and stamp duty in the context of M&A. During the last decades, individuals acquiring Spanish property owned by a Spanish Company (SL) have […]
