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Feb 2020
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What is Fiscal Residency and What Obligations do Fiscal Residents Have in Spain?

It’s February and I’m only getting around to uploading my first post of the year. January just does

What is Fiscal Residency and What Obligations do Fiscal Residents Have in Spain?

Tax in Spain , , , , , , , , , , , , Sabrina L. Williams

It’s February and I’m only getting around to uploading my first post of the year. January just does not exist at this office for anything else that doesn’t have to do with quarterly and year end taxes; it’s all a blur to be honest. Besides the obvious tax deadlines, there are always major changes at the start of any year. So far, 2020 has started with a bang. We are still reeling from yet another change in IGIC tax from 1st January (yes, it went from 7% in 2018 down to 6,5% in 2019 and well, why not put it back up to 7% in 2020?!), quarterly and year end taxes, and of course BREXIT and everything that will bring with it.

Anyway, moving on with the topic at hand, we are living in a technological age and Public Administrations are using these aids as a means to check up on our personal situations and whether or not we are complying with our legal obligations as either citizens or business owners. How are they doing this?

02
Mar 2016
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Working From Home: Pros and Cons

Business Owners , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Sabrina L. Williams

Well, here you find me writing on my blog at 3am, this is what happens when you’re laid up in bed and unable to move due to muscle contractions, add a beautiful cocktail of drugs to help manage the horrible pain and to help you sleep and it is a recipe for disaster for insomniacs like myself. At least I can make the most of this time that I’m now wide-awake to do something productive (please don’t expect me to be available tomorrow at 9am!)

In Spain, registering as self-employed can be a minefield, a procedure full of set-up and on-going costs that many do not appreciate during the initial stages of development so it is only natural to find ways to reduce costs, at least at the beginning. One way many choose to do so is by working from home and while this may be a logical step, it also has its own pros and cons to consider.

14
Jun 2014
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Spanish Tax Reforms. Controversial or a Necessity?

Spanish News , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Sabrina L. Williams

Spanish Tax Inspectors have put forward recommendations to legalize prostitution and trafficking of so-called “soft” drugs such as marihuana in a bid to better fight their adverse consequences whilst increasing income to the National Treasury at the same time. They consider that between both illicit activities a further 6.000 million euros may be collected by the National Tax Office (AEAT) each year.