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Tax updates for Spain and France
The 2015 tax changes have just been published
- August 6, 2026
The new tax rates and allowances for the year 2015 have just been published:
…Agencia Tributaria update: Hacienda gets unreasonably tough.
- January 17, 2026
The Spanish Tax Office, La Agencia Tributaria (colloquially known as Hacienda), has never been known for being helpful or approachable to the taxpayer, however in the last few months things seem to have taken a…
Foreign companies: registering for VAT in Spain
- August 6, 2026
Foreign companies wishing to offer their services or goods here in Spain are generally required to register for Spanish VAT here: known as IVA – Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido.
…2014 residents tax returns
- August 6, 2026
The Agencia Tributaria system for filing the 2014 annual residents’ tax returns opens in late April, so now is a good time to start to prepare ! Here’s an overview of the Spanish online tax…
Frontalier tax returns
- August 6, 2026
If you live in France but work across the border in Switzerland then you are, as you are probably aware, know as a travailleur frontalier, and a special set of tax rules apply.
…Non-residents with French rental income- which tax returns to file ?
- August 6, 2026
For further help and advice, please visit our website www.europeaccountants.com/france . The time for filing the 2014 annual French tax returns (i.e. for the year 2013) is approaching ! Here’s a guide which should help…
Modelo 720- Declaration of Foreign Assets (Declaración informativa sobre bienes y derechos situados en el extranjero).
- August 6, 2026
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. Benjamin Franklin, 1789 Even Benjamin Franklin could never have forseen Modelo 720, this unpopular, perplexing and even frightening tax declaration that…
2014 tax updates
- August 6, 2026
Now our January busy season is over, I have had some time to digest the Spanish Tax Office’s updates for the year 2014. Below is a summary; you will find all of up-to-date rates and…
Notificaciones Electronicas/ Dirección Electrónica Habilitada (DEH)
- January 17, 2026
For the last couple of years, the Agencia Tributaria has been rolling out a service by which Spanish companies and Spanish establishments of overseas companies are required to register for Electronic Notifications (NotificacionesElectrónicas Obligatorias).
…Non-residents with Spanish property: Calculating and paying the tax due
- August 6, 2026
Annual income tax: for non-residents with no rental income If you own a Spanish property which you do not rent out, then you are still obliged under Spanish tax law to submit an annual tax…