Inheritance planning – using usufructs to pass on the family home tax efficiently
How to make the best use of usufructs when making inheritance tax planning decisions.
The New Obligation of Gibraltar Financial Institutions to Provide Automatic Exchange of Tax Information to The Spanish Tax Office
As part of the recent agreements of exchange of tax information subscribed by Gibraltar for cooperation in tax matters, the Gibraltar financial institutions will be reporting to the Spanish tax office the relevant tax information of all their account holders, including income on earnings, tax withheld and tax residency status. The first reporting will take … Read more
Taxing times for Spanish inheritance
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” So said American founding father Benjamin Franklin but, in the case of Spain, such a view could be seen as a little simplistic. Yes, everyone dies at some point and then inheritance tax will be due, but how much and where it … Read more
The EU Starts Action Against Spain for its Unfair Inheritance Tax Law
The European Commission made official complaints against Spain in May 2010 and February 2011 regarding its Inheritance tax legislation. These complaints were ignored and so the EC has commenced an action against the Spanish state through the European courts. Spain’s tax system has become decidedly odd. A little background will help to understand what has … Read more
Tax Office Fights Against Tax Evasion
The Spanish Government intends to approve a number of changes in legislation to strengthen the tax office’s armoury against the black economy and tax fraud. They propose to modify the Penal Code so that substantial tax fraud may be penalised with up to 6 years (currently four years) in jail. In the Spanish system ‘substantial … Read more
