Last Sunday the financial paper “Expansion” explained that the Spanish banks have presently got over 150000 properties for sale  with discounts of up to 60%. Unlike the last credit crunch back in the nineties , this time it is relatively easy for the public to have access to these opportunities. The banks have all set
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POWER OF ATTORNEY. A power of attorney used correctly and in the correct hands is an extremely useful instrument to deal with different situations. Their are different kinds of powers of attorney depending on various factors. DEPENDING ON THE FACULTIES. The power of attorney can be made for everything “General Power of attorney” “Poder General”
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Legal Corner.  By Michael Davies. Abogado/Solicitor. Does a non -resident (of Spain ) heir pay inheritance tax in Spain of funds left to him in Jersey by a resident in Spain? Question: My deceased father (a resident in Mojacar) made a will leaving his worldwide assets to me (I am resident in London). The estate
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Case C-127/12 establishes that Spain must stop discriminating against non-resident heirs. On the 3rd of September 2014, the ECJ entered/made a judgment resolving that the Spanish Inheritance Tax imposes restrictions on the free movement of capital, one of the fundamental principles of the EU’s Single Market. More precisely, as stated by the ECJ decision, the
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