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What to do if you are living permanently in Tenerife and are retired or coming up to retirement age.

There will be no change to the rights and status of EU nationals living in the UK, nor UK nationals living in the EU, while the UK remains in the EU. If you have previously worked in Tenerife, you will find it has an effect on the way you claim your UK pension entitlement when you come to retirement age. How do I claim my UK pension? You should be sent a EC rules claim …

Residents / Taxes

Income Tax in Spain – Declaración de la Renta

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 …

Residents / Taxes

Residents and Fiscal Residency

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 …

Immigration / Non Residents / Residents

What type of “residencia” residence document should I have?

Below are the basic requirements for adult EU citizens in Tenerife Spain. Bear in mind that at some point after the UK leaves the EU and most probably before 31 December 2020 British Citizens will have to apply for a third country Foreigner’s Identity Card (TIE): The procedure for this has not yet been confirmed but it is most likely that this will be processed in Santa Cruz. Updates will be posted here as and …