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- 1Spain: An attractive country for investment
- 2Setting up a business in Spain
- 3 Tax System
- 4 Investment aid and incentives in Spain
- 5 Labor and social security regulations
- 6 Intellectual property law
- 7Legal framework and tax implications of e-commerce in Spain
- AI Annex I Company and Commercial Law
- AIIAnnex II The Spanish financial system
- AIIIAnnex IIIAccounting and audit issues

- Introduction
- Central government taxes
- Corporate Income Tax
- Personal Income Tax
- Nonresident Income Tax
- Wealth Tax
- Inheritance and Gift Tax
- Spanish Value Added Tax
- Transfer and Stamp Tax
- Excise and Special Taxes
- Custom Duties on Imports
- Tax on Insurance Premiums
- Tax on Financial Transactions
- Tax on certain Digital Services
- Reporting obligations relating to Assets and Rights Abroad
- Special Regimes of certain Autonomous Communities
- Local taxes
- Exhibit I - Corporate income tax incentives for investment
- Exhibit II - Treaty tax rates
- Exhibit III - Practical examples
- Exhibit IV - Case of Application of the Regime for foreign-securities holding companies (ETVE)...
- Exhibit V - Nonresident case study: Income obtained without a permanent establishment
- Exhibit VI - VAT case study
2Central government taxes
National taxes in Spain can be classified as follows:
- Direct taxes:
- On income:
- Corporate Income Tax (CIT).
- Personal Income Tax (PIT).
- Nonresident Income Tax.
- On assets (affecting only individuals):
- Wealth Tax.
- Inheritance and Gift Tax (IGT).
- On income:
- Indirect taxes:
- Value Added Tax (VAT).
- Transfer Tax and Stamp Tax.
- Excise Taxes.
- Customs duties on imports.
- Tax on insurance premiums.
Given its importance, we refer herein to the formal reporting obligation relating to assets and rights held abroad (introduced for the first time for year 2013 in relation to the assets and rights owned in 2012).