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Everything you need to know about your Spanish property tax obligations, explained in plain English.
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Non-Resident Tax in Spain (Modelo 210): The Complete 2026 Guide
Spain rewrote the Modelo 210 calendar in June 2026, and weeks later even official pages still showed the old deadlines. Daniel Bertomeu, tax advisor at Expat Ab…
22 min read
Selling Property in Spain as a Non-Resident: The 3 Percent Retention, Modelo 210 and the 19 Percent Rule
When you sell a Spanish property as a non-resident, the buyer withholds 3 percent of the price and pays it to the tax office. Your real capital gains tax is the…
13 min read
What Is IBI in Spain? The Local Property Tax Non-Resident Owners Cannot Ignore
IBI is Spain's local property tax, charged by your town hall on the cadastral value of your Spanish property. Being non-resident does not change the tax, the ra…
18 min read
Cadastral Value and Reference Value: the Two Spanish Property Numbers Everyone Confuses
Two Spanish property values, set by the same office, governing different taxes. One is protected data and lives on your IBI receipt. The other is public and fre…
20 min read
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