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Sale of real estate companies: recent tax rulings

Taxation on the sale of companies with real estate as current assets On 29 March 2022, the Central Economic-Administrative Court ruled on the taxation of a sale of shares in a company with real estate accounted for as current assets. ...
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Relevant changes to the Andalusian planning law

On the 24th of December 2021 the new Andalusian planning law (“LISTA” Spanish acronym) came into force which substitutes the former one enacted in 2002 which has been amended in numerous occasions and caused many disputes and the cancellation of ...
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Family business and wealth tax: how to face the year end

Family businesses take advantage of certain tax breaks in regards to Wealth Tax (“WT”) and Inheritance and Donations Tax (“IDT”) in order to ease the transfer to future generations as well as its existence throughout time. Such tax breaks in ...
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Taxation upon contributing mortgaged property to a company

Several appeals ref. (3205/2017, 6263/2017 y 5194/2017) have been ruled recently by the Supreme court in relation to how must a contribution of mortgaged properties to a Spanish company be taxed when the latter takes over the mortgagor’s obligations. The ...
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Wealth Tax in Spain for non-European tax residents

Binding tax consultation ref. V0676-19 examines a case where a Mexican tax resident owns several properties in Madrid and its possible wealth tax taxation. Any individual – non Spanish tax resident – is taxed on assets it may own in ...
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Taxation on transfers made between co-owners

The Supreme Court on rulings dated as of 14, 20 and 26 March 2019 has clarified how transfers made between co-owners of real estate should be taxed, under the assumption that they are formalised before a Notary Public. In such ...
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New regulations on rental agreements as of March 6th

The 7/2019 Royal Decree amends, among others, the Law on Urban Rentals. The most significant changes are the following: The minimum term of a contract has been extended fromthree to five years for individuals and seven for companies; consequently, if ...
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Taxes on rentals can be higher than expected

For the past years one of the main aspects which have driven our economy’s growth has been investments in real estate assets across Spain and to a large extent, such came from foreign investors. Many were intended on a buy-to-let ...
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