Deconstructing the public tax Administration's list of debtors.
Por Salvador Ruiz Gallud
19th of February 2020
Among the strategies used by the Administration to improve citizens' tax compliance is the annual publication of the identification data of taxpayers who owe more than one million euros to the Treasury, whether in tax payments, interest on late payments or penalties.
Labor flexibility and employment creation
- Por Francisco Piedras Camacho
- 28th of January 2020
Since the 2012 labor reform, the Spanish business environment has been better adapted to market needs and technological changes, with a positive net effect on the level of employment.
Legal chaos around mortgage tax reform
- Por Cristina Ruiz López
- 13th of January 2020
Rural savings banks and credit unions have a special tax regime in Spain, mainly regulated by Law 20/1990, of December 19, on the Tax Regime of Cooperatives. This rule explicitly establishes in its article 33 that as protected cooperatives they are, and in spite of being these the lenders of a credit are exempt from paying the mortgage registration tax, whose duty falls exclusively on the client.
In this sense, the last modification introduced in the consolidated text of the Law on Tax on Patrimonial Transmissions and Documented Legal Acts (TRITP-AJD), approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/1993, of September 24, in relation to the application of the tax benefits and exemptions granted by the TRITP-AJD or other laws in the Tax on Documented Legal Acts, raises questions about whether the provisions of article 33 of Law 20/1990 is an express provision for the purpose of maintaining the Exemption in the constitution and cancellation of mortgage loans granted by rural savings banks and credit unions.
Tips to end the tax year 2019
- Por Irene Carrera Aguado
- 17th of December 2019
A few days before the end of 2019, it is convenient to review certain practical accounting and tax issues that can help us to better plan the coming year, and even save us money in taxation. Therefore, we give some advices to take into account before this year’s end.
Will Spanish growth stabilize at 1.5% in the coming years?
- Por José María Romero & Andrea Cordero
- 14th of November 2019
In Spain, the economy is growing well below previous years, but it will still close 2019 with an annual GDP increase of 2.0% and above the Eurozone average. We expect growth to stabilize in 2021 towards its long-term potential rate, at 1.5%. Nevertheless, domestic and international risks threaten this baseline scenario. Therefore, there is a clear need to guarantee a framework of certainty and economic reforms that generate activity. This is confronted, however, by the current political reality.