18 Oct 2011 12:24 PM:

Ok guys and gals can I ask a question along the same lines.  I had heard that Spain was being forced to look at the inheritance tax rules for non-res, as, like the former Wealth Tax, it was against EU rules to treat non-res differently to residents/natives, i.e. to have different rates/percentages of Inheritance Tax for them.

Has anyone heard if the govt. have done anything yet?  I read in a mag around Easter that a result was expected in a couple of months - but maybe they meant Spanish months :-)

Thread: Resident or Non-Resident, confusion

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21 Sep 2009 4:18 PM:

Meant to say - can't believe people on here are touting their guides to completion - profiteering on something that is ultimately straight forward.  We all (unless very rich) complete our tax forms here in the UK - only difference is the language in Spain and on the forms.  But get a FREE guide like the Mijas Foreigners Dept one and bob's your uncle.

Thread: It's form 210 now, NOT 214 (as the wealth tax has finally been abolished 23rd December, 2008, for non residents)

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21 Sep 2009 4:10 PM:

Folks - for those living in the Mijas area, the mijas Town Hall Foreigners' Department is very helpful and produces a guide to completing the Form 210.

It is in the main square in Mijas.

Having got an accountant to complete my first year return I am trying it myself this year - seems easy enuff.

1. Buy your Form 210 - one for each owner of the property and if you have a garage space or storeroom that is rated separately then same for these.  Means if you have apartment, garage space and storeroom you have three 210 forms to complete; and if say you, your wife and son are joint owners then each has three to fill in.  The Form 210 can be bought in the Town Hall or local Tax office (Mijas and Torremolinas respectively for me - I live in Calahonda).  You need sticky labels for the Form which you can only get in the tax office (Torremolinas for me).

2. Get the Valor Catastral (VC) from your rates bills - IBIU - Impuesto Bienes Inmuebles Urbana.  This figure is the key to completion.  Example - a VC of 80,000 for an apartment is used below.

3. Divide the VC by 1.1% thus 80,000 x 1.1% = 880.  Then take 24% of this figure = 211.20 euros; this is your tax bill.

4. If there is more than one owner on your deeds then divide this final figure by the number of owners, e.g. by three as in example in 1 above would mean 211.20 divided by 3 = 70.40 euros each to be paid.

5. Do the same calculation for your garage space and storeroom if relevant.  Obviously the figure for these will be much smaller.

Hope this helps - and by the way, if you file your own return you have to 31st December - and you pay last year's bill this year - so use 2008 figures from your IBIU even though you are completing in 2009.

Thread: It's form 210 now, NOT 214 (as the wealth tax has finally been abolished 23rd December, 2008, for non residents)

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