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The IVA Increases Are Almost Upon Us

All of us in business in Spain, whether professionals, shopkeepers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and not forgetting landlords, will have to get to grips with the IVA (Value Added Tax) increases which come into force here on 1^st July imposed by Law 2/2010. Under the new law goods and services which are currently subject to VAT at 7% will be subject to a rise to 8%, and the general rate of VAT will rise from 16% to 18%.

Comsumer Guarantees and Repairs

We are often asked to help out clients who are having problems getting domestic appliances or cars repaired under guarantee, and this is one area where it always pays to know your legal rights and how to protect them.
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Debtors Beware! Fast Track Debt Recovery comes to Spain!

Businesses, communities of owners, landlords, and private individuals, can all now take advantage of new streamlined processes for recovering debts, already known as a “proceso monitorio”, which came into force in Spain on 4^th May 2010, and was introduced by Law 13 of 2009.
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British Civil Partnerships

There is a large community of British same sex couples on the Spanish Costas, many of whom have been encouraged to move here after the Spanish Government appeared to recognize British same-sex Civil Partnerships in a “Nota Verbale” issued by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 16^th November 2007. Our office is now seeing an increasing number of British same-sex couples who find that their British Civil Partnership may be worthless in Spain when it comes to inheritance tax and welfare benefits.

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