Tax law

Ruling of the Supreme Court on the contributions of bank employees to the Banking Labor Mutuality

The Supreme Court, in a recent ruling (STS 707/2023, of February 28) ruled on whether the contributions made to the Banking Labor Mutuality (hereinafter, MLB) in the period between January the 1st 1967 and December the 31st, 1978, the Second Transitional Provision (hereinafter, DT2ª) of Law 35/2006, of November the 28th, on the Personal Income […]

Beckham Law – What’s new for impatriate workers from January 2023?

Individuals who acquire their tax residence in Spain as a result of moving to Spanish territory may opt to pay Non-Resident Income Tax, in compliance with the special rules established for this purpose in Article 93(2) of Law 35/2006 of 28 November on Personal Income Tax. This regime allows non-resident workers posted to Spanish territory […]

Buying property in Spain, can I put it in the name of a company to save tax?

Many property purchasers when buying high value properties wonder whether it would be a good idea to set up a company to own the property and save tax. Is this the case or is it counterproductive to have the house in the name of a company? In order to be able to answer these questions […]

Acquiring companies with Negative Taxable Bases

– Buying a loss-making company – Since 2015, the legislator has restricted the requirements to be able to take advantage of the Losses[1] of one company in another, on the occasion of the purchase of the former, in such a way that in some cases the right to be able to take advantage of said Negative […]

Non-resident lessor of premises with no permanent establishment for VAT purposes

Controversial question: who must pay VAT on the rental of an establishment when the owner is a Non-Resident for tax purposes in Spain? According to Article 4. One of Law 37/1992, of 28 December, on Value Added Tax (hereinafter, LIVA), “supplies of goods and services carried out within the spatial scope of the tax by […]

Taxation of Capital Gains on the sale of property acquired before 31 December 1994

In the last two financial years, more than 31,000 second-hand property transactions have been carried out and a large number of them are for properties acquired before 31 December 1994. These capital gains have an important reduction in the income tax return, as their correct application can save thousands of euros. Until 2015, we applied […]

Fiscal novelties of Law 5/2021 of Andalusia. Tax on Property Transfer and Stamp Duty (ITP-AJD)

Fiscal novelties of Law 5/2021 of Andalusia. Tax on Property Transfer and Stamp Duty (ITP-AJD) Last 20th October 2021, the new law on assigned taxes in Andalusia was published, which regulates all the changes made by the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. This law included several important changes that deserve to be highlighted, especially because most […]

Taxation in the assignment of a sales contract

The assignment of a contract in general is a legal figure that is not expressly regulated in our legal system. However, the definition of assignment of credits is included in the Civil Code, Article 1.526 et seq. This assignment of credits gives rise to the legal acceptance of assignment contracts of any type, all of […]

What is a Tax Group and what are the requirements for setting up a Tax Group between our companies?

The Tax Group can be used as a tool to reduce taxation, especially when one of our companies generates losses, but there are other reasons why it may be in our interest to form a “Tax Group”. Generally, we will use this special regime with some kind of holding structure, although it is not essential, […]

What renovations can increase the acquisition value of the home?

The sale of a real estate generates in the selling party a capital gain or loss whose value will be determined by the difference between the acquisition value and the transfer value. With regard to the acquisition value it will be necessary to see if it has been for valuable or lucrative title. In the […]