Hi, I am a UK resident with shares in IAG /BA and Santander /Abbey National on which 19.5% Witholding Tax has been deducted
Under Dual Taxation Treaty rules i am entitled to get 9.5% refunded by completing form 210 but Spanish Tax Agency website is now so unsafe that every search engine refuses to allow you to access it .
I now discover that in order to submit a 210 i must first obtain an NIE by actually making an appointment and going to Spanish Embassy in London and added to train fares i must pay £8.50 for this NIE and every bit of the stupid form to even obtain an NIE is in Spanish
Then i find out that in order to even file the 210 i then have to go back to London again complete with NIE number , passport etc in order to get a Digital Certificate
It is therefore going to cost me way over £50 for the priveledge of struggling with Spanish in order to even submit a 210 in vain hope of getting back money Spain has absolutely no right to retain
This is Beurocracy gone completely mad
Are Spanish residents forced to jump through hoops like this with our HMRC
Can someone please help me find a way through this maze its taken me months to get this far ...neither Spanish Embassy or Consulate reply to emails or phone calls and i am at my wits end