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This article is part of our guide How to buy a house in Spain which you will find in our Real Estate Consulting section. If you want to buy a house in Spain as a foreigner, you will have to sort out some bureaucracy before you can buy a property. This series of articles is a guide to help those looking for a property in...Read more

This article is part of our guide How to buy a house in Spain which you will find in our Real Estate Consulting section. If you want to buy a house in Spain as a foreigner, you will have to sort out some bureaucracy before you can buy a property. The Spanish property market has many peculiarities, and it is worth doing some research before...Read more

The agreement establishes for this year a wage of 1080 euros gross per month in 14 payments. This increase will be retroactive from 1 February, so that workers who receive the minimum wage will see it reflected in their next pay cheque. The Ministry of Labour and Social Economy and the labor unions have reached an agreement to increase the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) this...Read more

Self-employed professionals who benefited from the aid for cessation of activity will enjoy changes in their self-employed contribution during the month of September. The Social Security reminds those self-employed who were beneficiaries of this benefit on 31 May and who have not reapplied for aid for cessation of activity, that they will pay less in the September quota. It is estimated that more than 200,000...Read more

Cash transactions may not exceed 1,000 euros. On 11 July last year, new regulations came into force that set new limits for cash payments. Self-employed persons and SMEs are among the main parties affected. The Official Gazette published the regulation that can sanction those who continue to receive amounts of more than 1,000 euros for payment of services or products. This rule applies regardless of...Read more

On 10 July, the Spanish Official State Gazette published Law 11/2021 on measures to prevent and combat tax fraud, in compliance with European directives. As we saw in our previous article, this regulation contemplates tax changes that especially affect estate taxes for 2022, but it may also significantly affect heirs who are beneficiaries of inheritances during their lifetime, and not only because of the change...Read more