We were very pleased with all your services. We found everyone at Ábaco to be friendly and most efficient.

Mr. Kelly

“What a pleasure it has been to use the AbacoConnect service. Our Spanish taxes were taken care of for the year by on-line so we did not even have to be in Spain to complete all the formalities. What a fabulous convenience.”

Paul Holden

“I could not speak more highly of this firm and their service. They quickly instilled me with confidence that they could do the job. The attention was fast and professional, as was the response to any questions I raised.”

Teresa Howard

Case Studies

Examples of how we've helped our clients

They decided to go it alone by declaring their own taxes and completing the paper work themselves in Spanish. It didn’t turn out to be as straight forward as they’d first thought.

Taxes

Mr. and Mrs. W. are British and are non-residents. They have two houses, one in Orihuela Costa (Alicante) and one in Alcalá del Júcar (Albacete). So there were plenty of forms to complete. These did not prove to be easy to follow and they had several queries that they took to the local tax office. The trouble was that there was no one available at the office to speak to them in English and their Spanish wasn’t good enough for them to explain their difficulties. In the end they contacted Ábaco using the Help-line. Eventually they contracted to them as well. They didn’t want to spend all their time filling in forms and wanted to have time to enjoy their house in Spain.

A ‘bargain’ property bought in 2008 turned out to be not quite as much of a bargain when the purchasers received a Transfer Tax demand of 4,500€ in 2010.

Taxes

Mr. and Mrs. I. are Swedish non-residents who own a property in Spain. They bought the property at Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia) in 2008 and considered that they had a bargain. In 2010 they received a letter from the Spanish Tax Authority informing them that they had included a value in their Deed that was well below the real value of the property and that they hadn’t in fact paid enough transfer tax. They had an additional 4,500€ to pay. When Mr. and Mrs. I approached their tax representative, she told them that there was nothing they could do about it and must pay the demand.

Mr. and Mrs. I had heard about others in a similar situation through reading a newspaper article written by Ábaco. They contacted the Help-line and explained their situation to the Swedish adviser. She told them that there was still time for them to appeal against the decision and pointed out that Ábaco would be happy to do that on their behalf. The couple decided to try the appeal process and contracted to Ábaco. The appeal was successful and Mr. And Mrs I saved their 4,500€.

They bought their house in 2008 but had not been told about the taxes they should pay. At the beginning of 2010 they received a tax demand that they didn’t understand and they chose to ignore it. They nearly lost their house.

Taxes

Mr. and Mrs. S are British non-residents and own a holiday home in Marbella.They bought the property in 2008 but weren’t aware that they needed to pay annual tax. Towards the end of 2009 they received notification of the outstanding tax debt but did not know enough Spanish to work out what it said. They chose to ignore it. At the beginning of 2010 they received another letter and this time became worried. They posted some questions on a few internet forums and were told to seek advice.

They contacted Ábaco who delivered the unpleasant news that the second letter was informing them that their names had been published on the Official State Bulletin. This meant that according to the tax authority they had been informed of the debt and if the matter wasn’t settled immediately then the house would be embargoed and sold at public auction. Mr. and Mrs. S. were shocked and immediately contracted to Ábaco who chased up the debt for them and arranged payment. The S’s kept their house.

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Case Studies

Examples of how we've helped our clients

They decided to go it alone by declaring their own taxes and completing the paper work themselves in Spanish. It didn’t turn out to be as straight forward as they’d first thought.

A ‘bargain’ property bought in 2008 turned out to be not quite as much of a bargain when the purchasers received a Transfer Tax demand of 4,500€ in 2010.

They bought their house in 2008 but had not been told about the taxes they should pay. At the beginning of 2010 they received a tax demand that they didn’t understand and they chose to ignore it. They nearly lost their house.