With real estate activity in Spain resurging slowly but surely, and as we are starting to overcome the pandemic, it is becoming exceedingly popular to invest in buildings or “fincas” with an eye to restoring and/or renovating them for subsequent sale. This Spanish variant of “house flipping” is also increasingly in demand by foreign investors, especially in coastal areas.
This entry was posted on 28 February 2022 by Gustavo Yanes in Tax.
Much has been said about taxation in Spain on trading and ownership of Bitcoin, especially in relation to personal income tax (IRPF), wealth tax and the declaration of assets abroad (Spanish tax form 720). This article, however, will briefly outline other issues regarding cryptocurrency-related services as regards Value Added Tax.
This entry was posted on 31 January 2022 by Gustavo Yanes in Tax.
The Supreme Court issues a warning in relation to companies’ unilateral abolition of the ever-so-popular tip as it could imply, depending on the case, a substantial modification in working conditions (“MSCT”).
This entry was posted on 16 September 2021 by Patricia Rivera Almagro in Labour.
The approval of Law 10/2021, of 9 July, on remote working (BOE 11 July 2021), modified the First Final Provision, Article 40 of Royal Legislative-Decree 5/2000 of 4 August, which approves the consolidated text of the Law on Infractions and Penalties in Labour Matters (Ley sobre Infracciones y Sanciones en el Orden Social or “LISOS”) in such a way that the amounts of the penalties indicated below shall increase as of 1 October 2021 as follows:
This entry was posted on 30 July 2021 by Monika Bertram in Labour.
The month of June: for the majority of companies, that is, those for whom the financial year coincides with the calendar year, June is an extremely important month. This is due to the timing of the legally established deadline to agree upon, inter alia, the approval of annual accounts and the distribution of profits.
This entry was posted on 28 July 2021 by Christian Krause in Corporate and M&A.
Following the news on VAT in relation to e-commerce, on 15 June the Spanish government modified the VAT regulations. As we mentioned in a previous article on the introduction of the single window environment with respect to distance sales, this is an attempt to facilitate and promote digital commerce by implementing measures reducing the administrative load associated therewith. Below is a brief summary of certain aspects of the VAT regulations.
This entry was posted on 26 July 2021 by Gustavo Yanes in Tax.
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