22 Jul 2014 1:13 PM:

Thanks for the advice, it seems the accountant may not have explained the situation to my friend clearly from the replies posted.

I have advised the tax authorities in Spain in previous declarations without problems but as you can imagine was a little concerned. It is unfortunate that we have to pay tax in the UK on the pension but this is because there is not a pension fund for the police and tax is away of clawing some back.

Once again many thanks

 

Willyr.

 

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22 Jul 2014 12:22 PM:

I have residency in Spain and in receipt of a police pension from the UK. A condition of the pension is that income tax has to be deducted in the UK and under the double taxation agreement with Spain no further tax is payable on it in here.

Last week a friend of ours who is selling up to move back to the UK was working out his finances with his accountant who stated to him that Spain was or has just changed the rules on tax and wants all tax on any income to be collected here in Spain. If true this would cause problems for all those in a similar position.

The accountant went on to say the tax authorities here were not sympathetic to the UK tax requirement and just told him to advice his clients that they would have to sort out the tax refund with HMRC and pay the tax here.

Has anyone heard of this or has this accountant got it totally wrong?

 

Willyr.

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02 Nov 2012 1:40 PM:

Thanks ElaineG,

Will do as JohnZX recommends and keep you informed.

Willyr

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02 Nov 2012 1:24 PM:

Thanks to everyone who has replied with advice.

At our initial meeting with the solicitor (who had been recommended by the school of lawyers), we wanted the answers to only 4 questions that we couldn’t answer ourselves, we were on a tight budget and he agreed to keep us informed of costs etc.

We provided all the documentation he required so no costs incurred, all he really had to do was send a letter and look at a set of deeds from a third party.

After 12 months we never saw a copy of the letter he said had been sent and we found out he still hadn’t seen the deeds hence the request for the facture breakdown of incurred costs. Incidently we were no further forward with the problem.

At the last meeting we all had we told him to stop and were told the total cost was 1000 euros as stated earlier.

After waiting for a couple of months for the requested facture he informed us the bill was now 1,300 euros. I smelled the proverbial rat especially as there was no mention of an VAT amount and wanted cash only.

Before I take the matter further I wanted to know if I was right in my thinking of my right to a breakdown of costs before paying or was it normal practice in Spain not to provide one.

Your replies confirmed my way of thinking so will progress this as a complaint unless he complies.

Thanks again

willyr

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01 Nov 2012 1:49 PM:

I had some work done by a Spanish solicitor recently and despite asking to be kept abreast of on-going costs following a meeting with him he suddenly announced he wanted 1000euros as payment up to that point. I subsequently asked for a factura containing a breakdown of costs but he has refused to provide one and has since now stated the amount was wrong and wants 1,300euros (still no breakdown in expenditure)

Question is can I expect or demand a breakdown of costs or is he within his rights just to pluck a figure out of the air without an invoice being provided (facture)

Requested advice from two other solicitors but neither will advise only referring me to school of lawyers.

Any advice would br useful before deciding what to do next.

Willyr.

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