Spain

A rush of interest from Chinese and Russians seeking to buy property in Spain is expected in the coming months with the country’s new law granting visas to non European Union citizens who invest in property set to become legal in July. The buyers will need to spend at least €500,000 on a property to [...]

Tax experts in Spain are reminding expats that under new rules they must inform the Spanish tax authorities of any assets they have outside the country including property and pensions. Expats have until the end of this month to report the information under new provisions in the General Tax Law which have been introduced as [...]

Employers from Latin America, Australia, Canada and New Zealand are seeking young skilled people for career opportunities at a series of jobs fairs being held around the world. Organisers, Working In Events, which was set up to help people who are looking at moving overseas for life and job opportunities, is running the fair in [...]

A new reporting regime in Spain means that expats with assets outside the country worth over €50,000 who are taxpayers will need to declare them in 2013. Failure to do so would have very costly consequences, according to wealth management group Blevin Franks which specialises in tax and estate planning for expats. Under a recently [...]

European nationals moving to Spain for more than three months must now prove they will not be a financial burden on the state. A new ministerial order states that any EU citizen living in Spain for more than three months has to produce a job contract or documents confirming they have enough money to support [...]

Over the last few weeks and months we have seen Greece grab the headlines with regards to economic uncertainty and the future of the euro but in the eyes of many it is actually Spain which holds the key to the future of the euro. Spain is the fourth largest economy in the Eurozone and [...]