Moving from NIE to residencia

 Whatever you say John you can only pay tax in one country 

I am merely stating my experience which is what this forum is about, the HMRC contacted me to ask whether I wanted to be taxed in UK or Spain as my pensions are paid by UK .

I elected Spain as I think if you commit to live in a country you should pay your tax there, it is not the same for Government pensions they don't have the choice, even though they are resident in Spain they have to pay tax in the UK.

You may be getting the wrong end of the stick, you are both right in a sense but may not have considered those in receipt of these type of pensions, if you are a house owner or resident of Spain you do have to file a tax return, hence the reason my hubby files a NIL return & he isn't the only person I know,  who does that so they can't all be wrong nw can they. 

Last year my wife and I obtained our Residentia and as I understand it due to a Double Taxaton agreement we do not have to pay tax in Spain if we have already  paid it in the UK.

We have requested and received a certificate from HMRC stating we pay our taxes in the UK.

What forms do I need and where, in order to file this certificate.  We live just inside the Cordoba boarder.

I do not wish to spend large sums of money employing Accountants for what on the face of it should be an easy matter.

rapp

 what on the face of it should be an easy matter

Rapp