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Setting Up in Spain

A Guide to Setting Up an LLC in Spain

When it comes to setting up a business in Europe, Spain is a top choice for entrepreneurs seeking to capitalize on its strategic location, vibrant economy, and business-friendly environment. One of the most popular business structures in Spain is the Limited Liability Company (LLC), known locally as “Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada” (SRL). In this comprehensive […]

David Búa Monjil March 25, 2024
Setting Up in Spain

8 Types of Companies in Spain: Choosing the Right Legal Form

Planning to Open a Branch in Spain? Your Guide to Choosing the Right Legal Structure If you’re considering setting up a branch in Spain, one of the first decisions you’ll need to make is choosing the right legal structure for your business. This choice is more than just paperwork—it will affect your liability, required capital, […]

David Búa Monjil March 11, 2024
Setting Up in Spain

Measures for the creation and development of start-ups

Start-ups are considered to be small or medium-sized companies whose activity requires the generation or intensive use of scientific-technical knowledge and technologies for the generation of new products, processes or services, and which simultaneously meet the following conditions: They must be newly created or, not being newly created, when no more than 5 years have […]

David Búa Monjil January 24, 2023
International Tax

Tax measures contained in the General State Budget Law 31/2022 for 2023

Law 31/2022, of December 23, 2022, on the General State Budget for the year 2023 (hereinafter, LPGE 2023) was published in the Official State Gazette of December 24, 2022, effective January 1, 2023. In the tax area, most of the rules are contained in its Title VI -arts. 59 to 91, both inclusive-, and many […]

David Búa Monjil December 15, 2022
Regulatory Updates

NEW SPECIAL TAX ON NON-REUSABLE PLASTIC PACKAGING

On 1-1-2023 a new indirect tax will come into force with the aim of taxing the use in Spanish territory of packaging containing plastic that is not reusable. With effect from 1-1-2023, and with the aim of preventing the generation of non-reusable plastic packaging waste and promoting the recycling of plastic waste, the Special Tax […]

David Búa Monjil October 3, 2022
Setting Up in Spain

Corporate: measures to promote and accelerate the creation of enterprises

With effect from 19-10-2022, L 18/2022, on the creation and growth of companies (“Crea y Crece Law”), has been approved with the aim of boosting the creation of companies, promoting company growth and combating late payment. The main new features of this law are as follows: Incorporation of LLCs 1. The incorporation of an SRL is […]

David Búa Monjil October 3, 2022
Mobility & Talent

REWARD YOUR EMPLOYEES WITH ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLES

If you are going to lend a vehicle to an employee for his or her private use, make sure that the vehicle is energy efficient. Thus, for the same price, the IRPF costs and the income on account can be lower. Remuneration in kind 20% of the value. If your company gives one of its […]

David Búa Monjil September 29, 2022
International Tax

Refund of input VAT in the EU

30 September is the deadline for filing form 360 and requesting a refund of input VAT incurred in other EU countries in 2021. If in 2021 your company sent a worker to carry out tasks in another EU country, or to a trade fair located in that territory, it is very likely that he or […]

David Búa Monjil September 14, 2022
Regulatory Updates

CRYPTOCURRENCY INFORMATION

The Treasury has made public the informative models that are expected to be required from 2023 onwards to report on transactions made with cryptocurrencies. See what these new forms are and how they affect you. Forms 172 and 173 “Exchange platforms”.If you have bitcoins, ethereum, ripple, nxt…. and make purchases, sales and/or exchanges of these […]

David Búa Monjil September 13, 2022
International Tax

Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions in Form 232: How to Report and Avoid Risks in Spain

Transactions with non-cooperative jurisdictions pose a critical challenge for multinational groups with subsidiaries in Spain. These jurisdictions, often associated with tax havens, are under scrutiny by the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) due to their potential for tax evasion. Properly reporting these transactions in Form 232 is essential to comply with Spanish regulations and avoid severe […]

David Búa Monjil September 2, 2022