Comments on: Spanish Tax Men Get Tough On British Homeowers

By: Cassie Kane

Cassie Kane — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:09:31 +0000

We have paid a solicitor over the past years to pay our wealth taxes. Now that that tax has been abolished, is there going to be some other kind of tax to replace it, hopefully not.

By: Margaret Gray

Margaret Gray — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:22:07 +0000

Help! We purchased our apartment in 2004/2005. We employed an independent lawyer who advised us at the time that we no longer required a NIE number. Was this information correct?

By: C Parker

C Parker — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:00:47 +0000

Can anyone tell me what taxes I now have to pay on my spanish property, other than the usual ‘local rates etc’ now that Wealth Tax has been abolished. I paid the tax in Dec 08 – do I have to make any further returns now? would welcome advice.

By: JOYCE PHILLIPS

JOYCE PHILLIPS — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:25:56 +0000

We bought our villa in Lanzarote four years ago and at the time we registered for wealth tax. We understand it has now been abolished but the person we appointed to see to our returns now tells us that we are liable for tax for the weeks we use it ourselves.
Surely that can’t be right. We don’t let the place and we pay all our rates, basura, water, electricity etc. What more do they want.
If anyone can advise on this I would be grateful.

By: lauriebaker

lauriebaker — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:17:01 +0000

Don,t Spain want Foreign input (money) spent in Spain, seems they do all they can to discourage the purchase of property,also can Spanish authorities do the same as in U.K, print Spanish forms in English etc, that would help us all by saving Lawyers fees every time we need an official document processed, which is always around 100 euros a form, for about 3 minutes work, scandolous!!!

By: Mr. Chambers

Mr. Chambers — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:03:27 +0000

What income tax will I pay on my OA Pension in Spain?

By: S Hansford

S Hansford — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:44:38 +0000

Is this the piece of paper obtained from the local police with your NIE number on it when first purchasing a house?