You may have been called to inherit in Spain and one of the co-beneficiaries, refuses to sign or collaborate. In this video we explain: Why would someone refuse to sign an estate if it has no debts ? What can the other beneficiaries do to accept the inheritance ? What should people making their wills
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The three main reason why  high net ex-pat  families are moving from Barcelona to Malaga, Seville and Marbella Reason number 1: Inheritance tax. Reason number 2: Wealth tax. Reason number 3: Language. Find out more by watching the video. High net ex-pat families are moving from Barcelona to Marbella, Seville and Malaga to save inheritance
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How to avoid the Spanish system of obligatory heirs and leave all your assets to your spouse

Get married to save inheritance tax. Sometimes the best estate planning we give is to recommend our client to get married. Good estate planning advice is not always about complex legal structures. It is more about saving as much as possible while keeping things as simple as possible. Complexity is sometimes required , but it
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The regional government of Andalucía has today announced that they are scrapping wealth tax in Andalucía. This is fantastic news for those that where paying it, but also for everybody else that will benefit from even more foreign investors moving to what was already the best region in Spain both for retirement and investment. If
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Did you know that Spanish people with children can not leave their estate to their spouse ? Spanish people have to leave almost 2/3rd of their estate directly to their children . How can British people avoid this system and leave everything to their spouse as they would in the U.K. In this short video
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How much is inheritance tax in the Balearics? In this short video Michael Davies , a Spanish lawyer with over 25 years experience handling estates for ex-pats all over Spain explains how much the beneficiaries will pay if they inherit a property in Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca or Formentera. How much is inheritance tax in the
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Some Fantastic news: The ECJ has just declared the Declaration of assets abroad form and it's medieval penalties and fines illegal. The  full transcript of the full  press release from the ECJ in English can be found below. If you can not bother just watch my quick video. We now have to wait to see
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Update: Please note that the tax office has now reinstated this tax with a different method of calculation. The Spanish courts yesterday 26/10/21  abolished Plusvalía tax in Spain on sales, inheritance , donations and any other form of transfer of ownership .  Three or four years ago we wrote about how the courts told the
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