Grupo Avanza Consultores · Paterna, Valencia
We handle the Spanish tax affairs of foreigners and non-residents: tax residence, NIE, Modelo 210, property you own or rent out, inheritances and gifts, setting up as self-employed, and letters from the Spanish Tax Agency. We work remotely with clients across Spain and abroad; the practice is based in Paterna (Valencia).
We work with you in English in writing. Send a message or a voice note describing your situation, and we reply in writing, in English.
Tax · Accounting · Employment
Paterna, Valencia
Services
People moving to or investing in Spain rarely need a single tax return. What they need is to resolve a specific situation. The first question is usually tax residence, because almost everything else depends on it.
NIE, census registration with the Tax Agency (Modelo 036), a tax representative where the law requires one, setting up as self-employed, and the tax treatment of the digital nomad visa, which does not always match what the advertising promises. We look at your contract, your country of tax residence and the applicable tax treaty before giving an answer. Tax residence the year you move →
Buying, owning, renting out and selling. A non-resident individual who owns a home in Spain has to file Modelo 210 even if the property is empty, because the law imputes an income to it. In 2026 the filing calendar changed (Orden HAC/623/2026): rental income with tax to pay moves to a single annual deadline in April of the following year. For 2026 itself, that deadline covers the whole year only if you file the income grouped; if you file each period separately, it covers only the last quarter, and the earlier quarters keep the old deadlines. Returns with nothing to pay follow their own rules. We check which applies to you. Modelo 210: deadlines and rules → Selling property in Spain → Buying property in Spain →
Inheriting in Spain when you live abroad, or receiving money from family outside Spain while living here. Which tax authority handles the case, national or regional, and which regional rules can be applied decide how much is paid, and that is what we look at first. Inheriting in Spain as a non-resident heir → Gifts from family abroad →
Requests for information, proposed assessments (propuestas de liquidación), debts and payment plans. We read the notice, work out which deadline is running, prepare the reply and, where it makes sense, the appeal to the Tax Agency or the claim before the regional economic-administrative tribunal (TEAR), the review body that must be used before going to court. A letter from the Tax Agency: deadlines → Years without filing: regularising →
Income earned outside Spain: where it is taxed, what can be credited and what has to be declared here under the treaty between Spain and your country of tax residence.
If you run a business or work as self-employed in Spain, we prepare your quarterly and annual returns, keep your accounts and run your payroll, and remind you of upcoming deadlines in advance.
Tax residence
Being tax resident in Spain does not depend on having a NIE or being registered on the town hall register (padrón). Under the Spanish Personal Income Tax Act (Ley 35/2006, article 9), you are resident if you spend more than 183 days in Spain in the calendar year, and sporadic absences count towards those days unless you prove tax residence in another country (for countries treated as tax havens, the Tax Agency may require proof of 183 days spent there). You are also resident if Spain is the main centre or base of your business activities or economic interests. And you are presumed resident, unless you prove otherwise, if your spouse, not legally separated, and your dependent minor children live habitually in Spain. If your other country also treats you as resident and there is a double taxation treaty, the treaty rules decide. Counting days and ignoring the rest is a frequent mistake.
As a general rule, a non-resident pays 24% on the gross rental income, with no expenses deducted. If you are tax resident in another European Union country, or in a European Economic Area country with an effective exchange of tax information, the rate is 19% and you may deduct expenses, provided you can prove they are directly related to the income earned in Spain (Non-Resident Income Tax Act, Real Decreto Legislativo 5/2004, articles 24.6 and 25.1.a). Without supporting documents, the deduction cannot be applied. The United Kingdom, the United States and Switzerland are not in the European Union or the European Economic Area. And leaving the property empty or keeping it for your own use does not exempt you from filing: the law treats an imputed income from urban property not used for a business as income obtained in Spain (article 13.1.h).
Who handles your case
More than twenty years in accounting and administration, and his own practice since 2011. He holds a three-year university diploma in Business Studies (Diplomado en Ciencias Empresariales). He teaches accounting and taxation in vocational training and at university.
A small practice means that the person who advises you is the person who handles your case.
How we work
By WhatsApp, as a message or a voice note, or by email. We tell you plainly whether we can help and what we need from you.
Before changing anything, we look at what has already been filed, and tell you whether anything needs correcting and how.
You send the documents; we explain each step in English, in writing, and remind you of upcoming deadlines.
Questions
Yes. Most of these matters are handled remotely: documents are sent by email, and filings are made on your behalf under a power of attorney (apoderamiento) before the Spanish Tax Agency. We do not ask for your digital certificate.
With your NIE and with an assessment of where you are likely to be tax resident this year. That assessment shapes most of the other registrations.
Yes, in writing: email, WhatsApp messages and documents. You can also send us a voice note in English and we reply in writing. Documents for the Spanish authorities are prepared in Spanish, and we explain them to you in English.
Both. We prepare and file the paperwork, and we also advise on what should be filed and how it affects your taxes, so you only explain your situation once, to one person.
No. Everything is handled remotely and in writing, by email or WhatsApp.
Write one sentence about your case on WhatsApp or by email. The adviser who will handle it replies.
