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Selling Spanish Apartment Costs and Taxes

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:06pm
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Jeffers

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When I sell my apartment in Spain what Spanish costs and taxes do I need to be aware of?

Any UK costs and axes converting my euros to pounds and paying the pounds into a UK bank?

Hopefully a few people that have done this already may still be members and can post their experiences.


Holaitsdavid

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:11pm

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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:11pm

List of costs in link below, it's not cheap to sell and agents charge normally 5%.  As for transfer of money you will be advised to open a Wise account -   https://wise.com/us/blog/how-to-open-wise-account

https://www.idealista.com/en/news/property-for-sale-in-spain/2023/03/02/110544-what-are-the-taxes-and-costs-of-selling-a-house-in-spain-in-2023

Jeffers

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:37pm

Jeffers

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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:37pm

Holaitsdavid wrote on Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:11pm:

List of costs in link below, it's not cheap to sell and agents charge normally 5%.  As for transfer of money you will be advised to open a Wise account -   https://wise.com/us/blog/how-to-open-wise-account

https://www.idealista.com/en/news/property-for-sale-in-spain/2023/03/02/110544-what-are-the-taxes-and-costs-of-s...

Any idea what this exception means?

"

However, there are some exceptions to avoid paying personal income tax when selling property in Spain:

  • Being over 65 and having sold your main residence or taking out a life annuity if the house sold is a second residence."
Seller over 65 - yesApartment being sold in Spain is only Spanish property, but have property in UK, does this make Spanish property first or second residence?What is a "life annuity", how much does it cost.

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Elle

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:00am

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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:00am

Jeffers wrote on Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:37pm:

Any idea what this exception means?

"

However, there are some exceptions to avoid paying personal income tax when selling property in Spain:

Being over 65 and having sold your main residence or taking out a life annuity if the house sold is a second residence."Seller over 65 - yesApartment being sold in Spain is only Spanish property, but have property in UK, does this make Spanish property first or second residence?What is a "life annuity", how much does it cost.

Do you have an accountant?  Or gestor?  They can really help.

Jeffers

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:02pm

Jeffers

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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:02pm

Elle wrote on Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:00am:

Do you have an accountant?  Or gestor?  They can really help.

No don't have either.

Will employ a solicitor when the time to sell comes

Elle

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:50pm

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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:50pm

Jeffers wrote on Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:02pm:

No don't have either.

Will employ a solicitor when the time to sell comes

You can get free initial consult then you have a positive direction.

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