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How Can Citizens Advice Bureau Spain Benefit You?

As an expatriate living in Spain; do you find that the Spanish bureaucratic system can be disconcerting? Have you discovered that the simplest of transactions are difficult to conclude? Find yourself searching for answers to problems only to discover that there is nowhere where you could find a solution? I am assuming that the answer is yes and that is why should be a member of our web site if you arent already.

Will I Lose My .eu Domain On January 1, 2021?

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Ttip - What Is It And How Will It Affect Us

The EU Trade Committee has drafted a series of recommendations re the TTIP negotiations. The text will be voted on by the EU Parliament on the 10th of June.  BREAKING NEWS 10.6.2015 : THE DEBATE AND VOTING ON TTIP HAS BEEN SUSPENDED!! The Europ

Inheritance Tax. Spain Referred To The Court Of Justice By The Eu Commission

The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union. It appears that the Spanish legislation on taxation of investments in non-resident companies does not comply with EU law. The law is alleged to be

Automatic Exchange Of Information Within The Eu

It is often said that when America sneezes the world catches a cold, well recent US legislation has Europe reaching for the Kleenex. After committing to the American tax evasion legislation FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) the EU began

Inheritance Tax Benefits For Non-residents And Residents In Spain

The Kingdom of Spain was condemned by the Court of Justice of the European Communities in its Judgment of 3 September 2014, case C-127/12, because the Spanish regulation of the Inheritance and Gift Tax (IGT) does not comply with the principle of

Voting In Municipal Elections 2015 Possible For Foreign Residents?

Yes, if you are from one of the countries that form the European Union, and for residents from several other countries as well, if there is an agreement in place between their country and Spain. EU citizens – must be registered on padrón,

France Bans ´programmed Obsolescence´ Consumer Goods - Spain To Follow?

An example for those not familiar with the term ´Programmed Obsolescence´. This is a built-in feature that will tell your printer to stop functioning after X amount of copies, just so you will go and buy a new one. Forced consumerism in other

Question Of The Week: What Happens If You Are Travelling To Another Ue Country And You Know You Will Need Medicine Over There?

That is no longer a problem under the EU directive on crossborder healthcare, becasue as of 25 October 2013 you are able to ask for a cross-border prescription which is intended for use in another EU country: these are designed to help the pha

More Expats Allowed To Vote In Spanish Municipal Elections

BOE Publication of October 1st, 2014, publishing updated list of countries that signed an agreement with Spain re the participation of their nationals in the Spanish local elections. As well as citizens from EU countries, expats from the followi

Cab Spain Third Seminar. We All Look Forward To Seeing You There.

With only eighteen days to go to our third seminar to be held in the hotel LaCumbre Mázarron Murcia on the 17th of October, I begin to recollect images of our last two successful seminars. The first was held last October 2013 in Mijas Málaga a