Property Law Advice

Fiscal representation and taxation for property owners

Unfortunately, most non-residents owning property is Spain are not aware that they are liable for taxes in Spain every year, even if they are living permanently in the country.

Under Spanish law non-resident property owners are required to appoint a public prosecutor representative in Spain to arrange the payment of the taxes levied on their property.

This service is also recommended to those property owners who are residents to ensure the correct property taxes are paid on time thus avoiding any future penalty from the tax administration

Our services for non-residents covers advice on:

• Cost and tax effective planning for property transactions
• Spanish taxes for non-residents owning property in Spain
• Taxes for foreign companies owning properties in Spain
• Spanish VAT, transfer and documentary tax
• Capital gains tax
• Withholding taxes when selling a property
• Arranging direct debits after buying a property in Spain

As part of our service to property owners we will also:

• Sign contracts on your behalf with the utility companies - water, electricity, gas, telephone, internet - please note that supplier companies normally need a period of ten days to connect the utilities to the property
• Arrange for standing orders with your bank if you wish

In this way your property will be ready to be move into on your first visit after completion.

Property Questions and Answers

• Guarantees when buying property off plan (Article No. 001)
• Spanish Land Registry, the Nota Simple (Article No. 005)
• Registering land at the Property Registry for the first time (Article No. 007)
• Non registered property (Article No. 012)
• Division of plots of land (Article No. 015)
• Off plan contracts with developer (Article No. 016)
• Breach of the contract by developer (Article No. 017)
• Rights of tenants (Article No. 019)
• Double sale of a property. Horror story! (Article No. 020)
• Is the property market bubble really going to burst? (Article No. 022)
• Breach of a private purchase contract by the buyer party (Article No. 025)

Property Law issues

BUYING PROCCESS IN SPAIN (LEGAL GUIDE)

• Buying "off plan"
• Buying a rural property
• Buying land for development
• Land registry searches

BUILDING, ALTERATIONS & REFURBISHMENTS

• Building your house in Spain
• Alterations and refurbishments

SELLING PROPERTY

RENTING PROPERTY

COMMUNITY OF OWNERS

MORTGAGES & BANK GUARANTEES

FISCAL REPRESENTATION AND TAXATION

DIRECT DEBITS

PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION

PLEASE NOTE:

If you have any property matter requiring immediate attention please contact Diego Echavarria (00 34) 606 307 885 (mobile)