Author Archives: Jesús R. Ballesteros

The Statute of Limitations in Tax Law

Definition of Prescription The generic definition of “Prescription” would be the consolidation of a factual situation by the mere passage of time, which produces the acquisition or extinction of an obligation. This means that the right to carry out a certain action is extinguished by the passage of time, resulting in prescription. The Statute of […]

How to reconcile retirement with economic activity

In the first part of this article we wrote about How to combine pension with employment and now we will explain how to reconcile it with self-employment. Let us remember that we focused on contributory pensions, for people who reach retirement age while linked to a Company in which they serve as managers or directors. […]

How to Combine Retirement with Employment

1. Combining Retirement and Active Employment In this article, we will focus on Contributory Retirement Pensions, as we are referring to individuals who reach retirement age while still working for a Company under an employment contract. In other words, Social Security contributions continue to be paid until they retire from employment. We are therefore dealing […]

News in Corporate Tax for 2021: internal dividend distribution and profits from the sale of shares

On December 30, 2020, Law 11/2020, the General State Budget (LPGE), was approved. The LPGE is usually approved every year, however, curiously, we had gone two years without a new Budget Law, as the political community had been unable to agree on new budgets. With the General State Budget Law they are now approving, they […]

Steps to Establish a Company (part 4th : Tax Obligations)

In previous posts we have explained the ways in which a business or a company is usually started, we have also commented on the differences between self-employed and limited company, as well as the taxation of both. Now we are going to explain what the Tax Obligations of a company are, specifically those of a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

The tax on large fortunes -recently proposed legislation-

Last Tax Hour On Thursday 10 November 2022, the text that the Government intends to approve to create the so-called Tax on Great Fortunes saw the light of day. This proposal has been made through an amendment to the Proposed Law for the establishment of temporary taxes on energy and credit institutions and financial establishments, […]

Revocation of penalties for Form 720

Judgment in Case C-788/19: Tax information obligation in Spain On 27 January 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down the long-awaited ruling on the penalties imposed by Spain for incorrectly or erroneously declaring the famous Model 720. Once the ruling was published, some doubts arose as to whether or not the […]