Non-Residency Tax

Can I ask advice on the subject of payment of non-residency tax.

I paid 58 euros last year for 2 x certificates of non-residency for my wife and I. I am led to believe this lasts two years?? I imagine this cost was for certificates only and that I need to pay the actual non residency tax. Does anyone know how I would go about this (IE. How much it costs for a couple and where I pay it??)

Thankyou in anticipation of a reply

Further to my last post. My solicitors have advised me they want 160 euroes to pay the 86 euro non-residency tax!!

What a rip off!!

Hi

I haven't got round to completing this years, but last year I used spanishtaxforms( I haven't posted enough to put the full mail address apparantely, but you could google it) John completes the forms for you and for an extra fee gets someone to go and pay it. I think it costs about £35, maybe slightly more if you want them to pay it. Still much cheaper than using a solicitor over there.

Hope this helps.

steve

Dont totally discount using a Solicitor, our's charged very much less than solicitor prices quoted on the thread and from our point of view it was painless as we did nothing other than ask them to sort it all. It's worth just getting a fee from them before making a decision. We knew we were unlikely to be in Spain when we needed to take the documents to be registered and you can incurr additional fees of about 30 euro's if thats not done on time- so this worked for us.

Morning - not sure if this is the same thing ??

But I have just had a demand  from my Spanish solictor for my IBI tax....

The tax fee itself is 111 EU and the Solicitor wants 150 Eu to process it !!

Anyone got any info on how I can pay this IBI tax myself and save 150 EU - is it payable to alhama council ?

Thanks

Mark

Suggest you contact Alhama Town Hall on 0034968636780. I spoke with a lady who was extremely helpful that spoke reasonable English, just ask whoever answers to speak to the lady who speaks English.

You will need your N.I.E. number at hand to give to her> She will then inform you what you liability is and also the account details of where to pay. Apparently she will also fax over a DD mandate for future payments.

"Own a property as a non-resident? Unfortunately, you have to pay income tax."

In Spain, if you have a property it is automatically considered as a type of income and all owners named on the Title Deed should present an annual declaration for each property owned. Most owners are still unaware of this.

It is important to understand that this is an Income Tax on your property and is separate from, and in addition to, the Local Tax/IBI/SUMA (which is an annual payment on the actual bricks and mortar). It does not relate to income in terms of your wages or your pensions, but only to property ownership." (spanish tax information)

I think we were quite lucky with our Solicitor charges last year as the few I just checked on the web are definately higher - but still would be an option as fines are quoted as up to 200 euro's