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News and opinion on European and Spanish regulations affecting ex-pats who retire, play or invest in Spain
Michael Davies is a Spanish lawyer specialised in probate, inheritance tax and inheritance related litigation for ex-pats in Spain.

Inheritance : If you wish to claim the 175000 euro exemption in Andalucia make sure you prove you and the deceased where residents or you will have problems.

19 December 2014

Q. My husband deceased a year ago in the u.k. while on holiday even though we have both residen in Mojacar for over 20 year . He has left me half of a villa and a bank account (both in Mojacar). The total value of the estate was just over 120000 euro, and I paid
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Published in: Inheritance, probate, letters of administration

Inheritance in Jersey : Tax.

1 December 2014

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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Published in: Inheritance, probate, letters of administration

Recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgment relating to Spanish inheritance tax.

18 November 2014

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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Published in: Inheritance, probate, letters of administration, inheritance tax
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