Spanish taxes for residents · Income, wealth and Beckham Law
Becoming tax-resident in Spain changes how your income, investments and assets are taxed. We help professionals, business owners and families plan the move, use regimes like the Beckham Law and file with confidence.
Tell us when you are moving, or how long you have lived here, and roughly what you earn and own. Our legal team reviews it and tells you what applies, what to file and which residence route fits you.
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This page is general information and does not constitute legal or tax advice. Rules and deadlines change, and what applies depends on your circumstances.
Who this applies to
Under Spanish law you are tax-resident for a calendar year if any one of these applies, whatever your visa says and wherever you are registered. As a general rule, residency applies to the whole calendar year, not only from the day you arrive, and a tax treaty can change the result.
Your visa does not decide your tax status.
What you file
Spanish personal income tax (Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas) generally applies to your worldwide income once you are tax-resident.
May apply to your worldwide assets once you are resident, depending on your tax regime and where in Spain you live.
We assess the rules that apply wherever you live in Spain.
Information returns on what you hold abroad, not taxes.
A special regime for qualifying newcomers.
What we do
Before you move.
From eligibility to every annual return.
Your return, every year, for a fixed annual fee.
Prepared together, so the figures match.
Resident without filing, or missed a Modelo 720?
If you live abroad and own property in Spain, your obligations are different. See Spanish taxes for non-residents →
Where we work
Remotely, by video call and e-signature
Tax work rarely needs a meeting. We advise clients relocating from abroad, and those already living in Spain, by video call and e-signature.
Questions
Yes, once you are tax-resident.
Sometimes, but the visa alone does not guarantee it.
Possibly, but treaties and Spanish relief rules often reduce or remove the overlap.
We review your case to apply every relief available.
In the year after your first calendar year as a resident, if you have to file. Resident for 2026?
Possibly. It depends on your region and your net assets.
A fixed fee for each return or application, quoted before we start. Tell us your situation and we will give you the figure first.
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