Taxes, you know you love them. Or better said, not to pay them. Without the Taxman following around the world.
Anyway, let’s get to the point. There’s a simple rule to have in mind when fiddling with taxes as an Expat in Spain.
Are you a resident or not ?
There’s only 3 ways to be one:
- You have lived more than half the year in Spain, including your many travels – Yes, you Erin, even if you travelled for your blog 200 days out of 365, as you went to and from Madrid, you are a resident !
Just jalous, love the blog. But still, a good example: if you live in Spain more than 6 months in total this fiscal year, even if you travelled a lot, you are a resident. - A majority of your economic interests are in Spain. Ok, we mean properties, companies, stocks, assets there.
- As always in Spain, one of your friends is a politician and will just enable you to do pretty much anything. Ok, another joke – just kidding.
“But Pierre”, you may say, “even if all these jokes are amazingly funny, what does this mean to me ?”
You’re right. Back to the point. Well, it’s simple:
- If you’re a resident, you pay taxes on all your revenues earned this fiscal year, wherever they were produced
- If you’re not, you do not pay any taxes to Spain, for instance on all the revenue, including the incomes taxes you may have paid on salaries earned in Spain. Some exceptions may exist such as property taxes.
In a nutshell, you pay taxes on all your revenues of the fiscal year in your country of residence. Simple. Straightforward. Sweet.
If you want more information, you will find here all official information, in English por favor, on this resident/non resident question about taxes
Do not hesitate to comment and/or send me an e-mail if you have any kind of question.
Here was my post for GuiriGuide. For complete “how-to” guides to make your move to Madrid easy, have a look at my blog Moving2Madrid.com !
Madridly yours,
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