Month: March 2011

  • Spanish Limited companies- New advantages

    On the 3rd December 2010, the Spanish Parliament issued a new law that speeds and reduces the costs of setting up a Spanish Limited company.  The aforementioned law was a response to the current climate in which the raising unemployment rate has forced many Spaniards to become self-employed. Up until December 2010 the costs for…

  • Charities, the EU and Spain- Tax differences

    On the 10th February, the European Court of Justice issued an important Judgement in connection to the tax treatment to Charities within the UE in respect of Inheritance Tax.  The Judgement is a response to the current variety of regulations within the Union in connection to Inheritance taxes and more particularly to Charities. In this…

  • About the “international wills” and other confusing type of wills

    The World is getting smaller. There is no doubt about it. In this era of globalisation, we have seen British acquiring properties in other countries such as Spain, France, Italy, you name it. The British affair with sunny places is well known. Programs such as “A place in the sun” are a good example of…