Balearic Government abolishes Inheritance and Gift Tax The new Government of the Balearic Islands has abolished the Inheritance and Gift Tax (“ISD”) for acquisitions by death or through inheritance agreements (i.e., inheritance, legacy and inheritance in life) made between parents and children, grandchildren and grandparents, and between spouses.
Who must pay social security in Spain?
If you work in Spain, you must pay Spanish taxes and register with the Spanish Social Security service. This registration is valid for life. You also pay contributions into the Spanish social security system in order to access its benefits. As a general rule, you must be employed and be paying contributions in order to be covered for illness, injuries, and accidents at work, unemployment, and maternity and paternity leave.
Every Autonomous Community has its own regulations about the Spanish inheritance tax.
Who is bound by the Spanish inheritance tax Taxpayers who have their habitual residence in Spain, regardless of where are located the properties or rights inherited. Are also required to pay the tax, the non-residents in Spain receiving property and / or rights located in Spain by the way of inheritance. Likewise will be obliged by the Spanish inheritance tax, the reception of amounts resulting from life insurances when the contract was made with Spanish insurers or has been hired in Spain with foreign entities which operate in the Spanish territory. The tax base of the inheritance tax in Spain The tax base of the inheritance tax in Spain is the net value of the individual acquisition of each heir, being understood as the real value of the property and rights reduced by any charges and debts that may be deductible in accordance with the State or Autonomous communities regulations.
Taxation of rental properties in Spain The tax implications of renting out a Spanish property
Introduction There are various situations to consider:
you receive rental income from a Spanish property but are not resident in Spain. For example if you buy a holiday home which you use but occasionally rent out.
International company structures established in decades gone by to help wealthy owners of property in Spain avoid tax are now a ticking time-bomb for some, as the Spanish tax authorities set their sights on them.
There was a time in which not a single Spanish law firm that prided itself would pass on the opportunity to heartily recommend its affluent non-resident client base (and even foreign residents) to acquire and own property in Spain by means of corporate structures ranging from the simple to the overtly complex often involving a multijurisdictional approach.
