SPANISH GOVERNMENT PLANNING 100% TAX FOR BRITISH BUYING IN SPAIN

23 May 2025

🏠 URGENT LEGAL NEWS: Spain Proposes 100% Tax on Non-EU Property Purchases The socialist party has taken a big step forward on this crazy idea and have actually presented the wording of the new law that contains this mesure to parliament. What will the law mean if passed : A 100% tax on the purchase
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Spanish government to limit purchase of property in Spain by British and other non E.U. nationals

15 January 2025

On Monday 13th of Jan 2025, the Spanish prime minisister made a public statement and said: “I communicate that after  a lot  of work and careful consideration by the government  we have decided we are going to limit the amount of properties being purchased by nationals  of non E.U. countries (that are not resident of
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Spanish court has just declared the end of Plusvalía tax

27 October 2021

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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The cost of selling a property in Spain

11 December 2017

How much does it cost to sell a property in Spain? There are basically five expenses: 1. Capital gains tax, 2. Plusvalía tax 3. Solicitors fee. 4. Estate agent´s fee 5. Energy efficiency certificate. CAPITAL GAINS TAX:.The situation varies depending if you are a resident or non-resident of Spain. (having a certificate of residencia comunitaria
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Plusvalía tax: You should not have to pay if you sell at a loss but in practice you do

18 May 2017

Finally on the 10th of May of 2017 our Constitutional Court has declared that town halls cannot charge plusvalía tax if you sell at a loss. The writing has been on the wall since the 16th of February of 2017 when the same court made the same judgement but unfortunately limiting it´s effect to the
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Plusvalía tax: If you sell at a loss you may not have to pay.

10 March 2017

Selling expenses: Plusvalía tax: Recent sentence by the Spanish Constitutional court (sentence of 16th of February of 2017).This sentence only refers to the Basque Country, but the writing is on the wall. We are expecting a sentence soon from the same Courts referring to the rest of Spain.  You may not have to pay this tax when you
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Cancelation of a mortgage.

6 February 2017

When you finish paying your Spanish mortgage do not forget that you need to ask the bank to sign the cancelation deed and present it to the property register. Do not wait until you need to sell the property

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Capital gains tax exemption if you are over 65 : Avoid mistakes.

4 September 2015

  Over  65 and selling my family home . The risk of loosing the claim of 100% exemption on Capital gains tax by doing things wrong. Question. I am English, resident in Spain , married, of 70 years of age and purchased a property 20 years ago in Mojacar in my name only. My intention
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Choosing an estate agent to sell your property.

2 June 2015

The 6 questions we recommend you ask your estate agent before signing an estate agency agreement. 1. What type of contract do you use? There are many different types of contract and each has its benefits and draw backs. The contracts can be classified in two main groups with variations of each. Multi agency – You
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Selling a property in Marbella or Mojacar.What does the solicitor do for me ?

8 May 2015

Selling a property. What will  the solicitor do for me? If you wish to sell your property the most important thing is to secure that you receive the purchase price safely . In other words make sue that they is absolutely no possibility of you selling the property withoght receiving the agreed price as cleared
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