01 Mar 2014 9:54 AM:

I purchased an apartment in Malaga province in 2012. I paid 125,000€ and the 7% purchase tax required. In mid 2012 I had a demand from the tax people for 9,500 €....my solicitor said it was a re-valuation of the catastral value, based on a formula not many mortals could understand. They had said the re-vaaluation was 255,000€!!!! He told me the accepted thing to do was appeal, and get a re-valuation, this had to be done within so many days. He appealed on my behalf, and got a re-valuation of 155,000€ and therefore I had to pay them the reduced sum of 2,500€. Reluctantly, I said I would pay, he advised that the accepted course of action was to do nothing, the tax people would therefore think we had accepted the new valuation, and the sum would be deducted from my bank account by Christmas 2012.
When January came and went, I contacted the solicitor and advised no money had been removed from my account, he dropped the bombshell...oh sorry, but I should have let the tax people know we had accepted the new valuation, as 'We' didnt, they have reverted to the original valuation of 255,000€ and now you owe them 10,500 €....including interest!...



I stayed in Spain untill last October, thats when my Spanish bank account was embargoed as I didnt have that sort of money to pay the debt, so I came back to the UK. I have since written to my local MEP...he has written to the Spanish Ambassador in London, who basically said 'tough'....you have to pay my corrupt government your hard earnt money whilst we carry on squandering it....so, now I have a new solicitor, Spanish based in England, who is going to attempt to get some justice. ?.im not holding my breath!
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