December is fast approaching and so is the deadline for making your non-resident tax declaration. If you have a property in Spain, even if you don’t live here, you need to make an annual tax declaration. The deadline for this is 31st December and it is more important than ever that you make sure your fiscal arrangements are up-to-date.

In this article we explain about tax obligations for non-residents including the imputed income tax and rental tax and what happens if you miss the deadline:

Preparing to sell? Read our advice

If you want a smooth and fast sale, then it’s not just about finding a buyer. You also need to make sure that your property is actually ready to sell. This doesn’t mean making sure that your porch has been painted or your bathroom is clean – although this can help! We mean that you have the correct paperwork in place so that the sale, when you do have a buyer, can proceed quickly without hold-ups.

In this article we explain how not having the correct building licences can prevent the sale from going through as quickly as you’d like and may even delay it to the point that you lose your buyer. There are actions you can take now to make sure that this doesn’t happen to you:

The Spanish inheritance process is different from that in some other countries. Did you know that there is no automatic inheritance process between spouses here? If you want to have a say in who receives your property when you die then you will need to make a Spanish will.

It’s also important that you leave the necessary information for your inheritors so that they are able to make the arrangements they need to when the time comes. For example, are your inheritors aware of which bank you have an account with? We can advise you on the information you need to provide so that the inheritance process can go through with as little stress as possible:

There is cautious optimism that the Spanish housing market might not slump to the same level that it did post 2008. A survey by Alicante University suggests that a number of different factors are involved. These include, more resilient and prepared property developers and the fact that there is current demand for properties with outside space and away from city centres. Some people who are now able to work from home are also considering the option of moving their home to somewhere sunny:

Working from home - in Spain

The opportunity to move your office anywhere in the world is proving attractive for many people. In this Guardian article we read about three people who have opted to move to another country and enjoy the freedom of working from home in a new environment.

The article also outlines some of the issues that you might need to be aware of and some of the different parts of the world that are actually encouraging people to do move. The Canary Islands are one of those looking to replace some of the revenue lost from the tourist industry with income from ‘digital nomads’: