Inheritance Tax in Spain. Tax Benefit based on residency of the deceased.

WITHIN the Spanish Inheritance and Donations (Gift) Tax there are some tax benefits or tax reductions depending on the specific characteristics of each inheritance. The best known are the kinship reductions, which allows for a reduction in the base rate of the tax and the amount depends upon the actual kinship between the deceased and […]

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The importance of knowing your Matrimonial Property Regime. Post and Pre nuptial Agreements in Spain.

MANY expatriates living in Spain (and even Spaniards themselves) often ignore or don’t understand the matrimonial property or economic regime that applies to their marriage, and their rights in relation to the property in the marriage. In order to understand the rights that spouses have in relation to the property (both movable and fixed) within […]

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Recognition and enforcement of a Foreign Court decision in Spain.

WHEN a decision is made by the Courts of one country, that resolution can affect the situation in other countries where the defendant or plaintiff may have connections.   One of the most significant examples of this is divorce settlements and as an example a couple gets divorced through the courts of their country (United […]

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