Gerona is a city in the northeast of Spain on the Costa Brava, near the French border. It is a beautiful city where you get a real feeling for its history just by walking through its ancient streets. Its a walled city which dates back to the Roman period, the old quarter is located within the city walls. There is a well known stretch of houses, built in the 19th century, which make up the part of the city wall destroyed by the French in 1807 while the city was under siege. Read more »
English speaking Spanish Tax lawyer of Arcos & Lamers Asociados has the pleasure to inform you on changes of the Spanish VAT Law. The Spanish government approved the new Anti-fraud law on the 31st October, modifying the Spanish VAT law in order to avoid banks using the legal figure of lieu in payment to defraud the Tax Office in Spain. The Treasury has lately detected an increase of VAT fraud among financial institutions through lieu in payment when companies wish to settle their debt with Spanish banks.
When a company resorted to the lieu in payment to settle an outstanding debt with a bank, the financial institution acquired the property for a certain value inclusive of VAT and the company had to settle the Spanish VAT payment with the Tax Office. The company in question not only handed the property over to the bank, but was also the party liable to comply with public tax administration even though the company did not receive such amount to pay the outstanding VAT with the Tax Office.
Later on, the banks could deduce the tax payment for the acquisition as they carry out such transactions through real estate assets management companies that work solely on sales and purchases of real estate and such companies may apply these kinds of deductions.
Torroella de Montgrí – L’Estartit municipality is situated in an area of great natural diversity comprising mountain, plain and coastal landscapes that have been transformed by man over the millennia.
The Montgrí Massif was inhabited 300,000 years ago during the Lower Palaeolithic age by a community of hunter-gatherers who found shelter from the elements in the Cau del Duc caves in Torroella de Montgrí and nearby Ullà. Read more »
FOREGIN CITIZEN, WITH PERMANENT ADDRESS IN ANDALUCIA.
If you wish to match your situation as partners with those linked by marriage, it is a requirement to be registered as “registered partnership (pareja de hecho)” at “Registro de Parejas de Hecho” in Andalucia.
In this way, you will benefit, among others, on regional Spanish fiscal and tax regulations, specially the Inheritance Tax in Spain.
Early history of Roses.
The origins of Roses (Greek: Rhode) are disputed. A popular theory holds it was founded in the 8th century BC by Greek colonists from Rhodes. It seems more probable, however, that it was founded in the 5th century BC by Greeks from Massalia (Marseilles), perhaps with an admixture of colonists from neighbouring Emporion (today’s Empúries). Remains of the Greek settlement can still be seen. Remains from the Roman period go back to the 2nd century BC and continue well into Christian times with a paleochristian church and necropolis. After the collapse of Roman power the town seems to have been abandoned, but a fortified settlement from the Visigothic period has been excavated on the nearby Puig Rom.
The history of Lloret de Mar is undeniably linked to the idea of hospitality and the open and welcoming nature of the townspeople. Back in ancient times, in the fourth and third centuries BC, the Iberians living in the settlements of Montbarbat and Puig de Castellet had already established relations and contact with other cultures enabling them to obtain goods and pottery from Greece and Rome. Later, it was the Romans themselves who settled in what is now Lloret and who, through the trading post on Fenals beach, established commerce along the coast with neighbouring settlements such as Empúries and Barcelona. Numerous finds from this period are still in existence today: the Iberian settlements of Puig de Castellet, Montbarbat, Turó Rodó and Coll de Llop and the Roman Sepulchre. Read more »
Ms. María Teresa Arcos, lawyer in Marbella has the pleasure to inform that according to data of the Ministry of Development, the stock of unsold new dwellings in Spain is of 687.523 units, and according to INE, there are 3 million of empty dwellings, being 1.8 units for rent.The objectives pursued by the aforementioned Spanish Draft Law are achieving a revitalization of the rental market in Spain, to strengthen the legal security and improve the regulation of the eviction procedure.
The Draft Law includes the following measurements: Read more »
In the beginning God created Benalmadena! Well not quite, but Benalmadena and the surrounding area has had a long and checkered past.
A few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, right on the Costa Brava, lie the medieval streets of Pals. The county of Baix Empordà in the province of Girona has in this town a lovely old quarter, declared a Historic Artistic Site. In the Gothic quarter of Pals, pretty cobbled streets flanked by aristocratic houses await you. Pals beach completes the visit to the walled town. At any of these points, you can try the area’s cuisine, based on products from both the sea and of the mountains.
On more than one occasion, when a client arrives at a Spanish law firm looking for advice on buying a beautiful property in Spain overlooking the sea, the first thought of the professional is to cross fingers and hope that this beautiful apartment or villa complies with the Spanish Coast Law.
Presently, we are on the eve of the approval of the Law of protection and sustainable use of the coast and amending Law 22/1988, of 28 July, on Coasts. The new Spanish law will seek to provide more “legal security” to situations that previous legislation was not able to regulate and sustainable improvement of the coast lines in Spain.
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