Tax residency and filing
Helps you know when you are tax resident and file correctly.
Know when you become a Spanish tax resident and what you must file: residency tests, treaties, registration, the annual return, special regimes, non-resident tax, exit and dealing with Hacienda.
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Becoming a Spanish tax resident
You will know whether and from when Spain taxes you as a resident, and how to keep the evidence to back your position.
How the 183-day rule counts your days in Spain · When Spain can claim you through your economic interests · How a spouse and children in Spain affect your tax residency
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Dual residency and tax treaties
You will know which country is your tax home under a treaty, how to claim relief and what to do if both still tax you.
What decides it when Spain and your home country both claim you · When one spouse is Spanish tax resident and the other is not · Finding and reading Spain's tax treaty with your home country
Registering with the tax office (Hacienda)
You will know what to register, which address Hacienda uses and in what order to do your first-year tax tasks.
Registering in the tax census (censo) as a new resident · Your tax address (domicilio fiscal) and which address Hacienda uses · Moving house or region and which community taxes you
Filing your Spanish tax return (Renta)
You will know whether you must file, when, what to gather and how to complete and correct your first return.
Who has to file the Spanish income tax return (Renta) · The Renta season dates, payment and refunds · Filing your first Spanish tax return as a new resident
Income tax rates and regions
You will be able to estimate your tax, understand the calculation and see how your region compares.
How Spanish income tax is calculated from income to final bill · General and savings income and which of yours goes where · How income tax differs between Spanish regions
Special regime for new arrivals (Beckham law)
You will know whether you qualify, how to opt in on time and whether it beats ordinary taxation for you.
Are you eligible for the Beckham special regime? · Employee, director, entrepreneur or remote worker and who can enter · The Beckham election deadline and how to apply
Non-resident tax in Spain
You will know whether non-resident tax applies, how to file and how it differs from resident tax.
How non-resident income tax works in Spain · Non-resident tax if you live in another EU or EEA country · Filing the non-resident return (modelo 210) for rent or imputed income
Leaving Spanish tax residency
You will know when you stop being resident, what to file and which exit risks apply.
How to actually stop being a Spanish tax resident · Leaving Spain temporarily versus permanently and the return trap · Your last Spanish tax return and what still has to be declared
Tax office (Hacienda) notices and appeals
You will know what a notice means, how to respond by the deadline and what your options are.
A letter from Hacienda and what each type of notice means · Responding to a Hacienda requirement and meeting the deadline · Penalties, surcharges and interest on late or wrong filings
Family tax deductions
You will know which family deductions you can claim, what proof you need and whether to file jointly.
Family minimums for children, parents and disability on your return · Family tax credits for working mothers, large families and dependants · Claiming children or parents who still live abroad
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Banking, payments, and credit
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Income, assets, investments, and pensions
Helps you plan the Spanish tax treatment of income, assets and pensions.
Social security and benefits
Helps you understand social security contributions and claim benefits.
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