Residents

Those who are newly arrived and fiscally resident in Spain  must present a modelo 720 which reports to the Spanish tax authority their assets exceeding 50,000 euros in any one of various categories which are held abroad. This could be Property owned or bank accounts held in the Uk for example Taxpayers who presented the modelo 720 in previous years before, you must resubmit again in the following cases: When any assets and rights that …

Every year the Spanish tax man doles out billions of euros in tax rebates. Average rebates work out at around 780 euros each, for low to medium income tax payers. They can do this because they have already had your money. Unlike in the UK, where the tax man sets allowances against income in advance, in Spain, most people have a straight percentage of their gross pay deducted from their pay packet or they pay …

Moving to Tenerife : Fiscal Residence and Keeping things straight Getting a residencia certificate (a green wallet sized piece of paper) with your NIE printed on it is often confused with being fiscally resident. Theoretically you could be staying for longer that 90 days in a Spanish tax year – and so required to comply with immigration regulations and get a residencia certificate – but then you could revoke the certificate after 170 days and go to …