The European Court of Justice has finally  published the full text of the  sentence that they dictated on the 3rd of September of 2014 against Spain for discriminating non residents in relation to inheritance and donation tax. Unfortunately the ECJ has only made it available in Spanish and French. Please find below the link to
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THE COST OF  SPANISH WILL ARRANGED AT OUR OFFICES IN MOJACAR OR ALMERIA. UPDATED  2020 If you have never made a will in Spain before . Solicitors fee 200 euro plus V.A.T each will and notary fee aprox.  60 euro each will. This fee will be slightly  more if your assets in Spain are worth
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Excellent news:  Inheritance tax discrimination of non residents has come to an end, but you must claim it when you file your inheritance tax returns as the tax office  will not offer it to you unless you do.  Make sure that when you file your inheritance tax as a non resident beneficiary that your solicitor
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LEGAL CORNER: By Michael Davies. Abogado/Solicitor. If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail [email protected] Q. I have received a letter from the tax office demanding I pay non resident income tax, and that I must pay up for the last four years. I have never made any income
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Spanish probate .Spanish inheritance . Valuations of real estate .If you inherit  a property in Spain, it is essential that  the real estate is valued correctly. The legal obligation is to value the property at market value. Now that inheritance tax in Andalucía is so advantageous the biggest mistakes we see lately are generally  to
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When you purchase a second  hand property at a bargain price  ask your solicitor to make sure that after you have purchased and paid your 8% transfer tax  you will not received a further bill from the transfer tax office. With falling prices it is becoming frequent for the transfer tax office to ask for
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Q. My husband deceased a year ago in the u.k. while on holiday even though we have both residen in Mojacar for over 20 year . He has left me half of a villa and a bank account (both in Mojacar). The total value of the estate was just over 120000 euro, and I paid
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