WE receive a number of enquiries concerning donations and gift of real estate properties in Spain, which are mainly made by parents to children, but also between spouses. It can be complicated to understand the tax rules with regards to gift between tax residents, or expatriates and also between non-residents and foreigners in Spain. […]
Dear lawyers, A few years ago we were advised to put property in Spain in the name of a British Limited Company, supposedly to avoid the payment of inheritance tax in Spain. We did this transferring the property into the company as a part of its capital base. The fact is that it is not […]
Dear lawyers, We had planned to claim against the bank for the expenses we paid for the mortgage deed that we signed before a notary in Spain. We have since learned that the Spanish Supreme Court has issued a ruling saying that the costs have to be paid by the client and not the bank, […]
