EXPLAINED: Should an English Company Buy a Spanish Property?
My Lawyer in Spain talk to Miriem Diouri Garcia of MDG Advisors about the differences in owning a Spanish Property though a Spanish Company or through an English company.
I have an English limited company with money in it. Can the company buy a Spanish property? I would like to rent the property for holiday lets and also use it. I am looking at the Canaries and mainland Spain.
The simple answer to this question is “yes, an English company can buy a Spanish property“.
The more complicated question which we will consider is whether…
- You should buy the Spanish property in the name of the English company, or;
- Incorporate a Spanish limited company and the English limited company becomes a shareholder in the local Spanish company, or;
- Incorporate a Spanish company and the English company loans monies to the Spanish company to buy a property.
Here to help us with this analysis is Miriem Diouri Garcia, a Spanish accountant and owner of MDG Advisers which is a Business to Business firm of accountants.
We look at:-
- Can the English company buy a Spanish property?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages?
- What is the most tax efficient structure?
- How would a loan agreement work between the parties?
- What company taxes would to be paid annually on the rental income?
- What costs would I pay to an accountant in Spain to look after my company?
- If I rent the property, what taxes do I pay?
- What costs are deductible?
- What happens to refurbishment costs and what can be deducted?
- Can I use the property myself?
- Can I claim for my management time?
- What tax do I pay on dividends to me or to the English company?
- What tax do I pay if I wish to reinvest the Euro rental income generated by the company?
- Can I pay myself a salary?
- When selling the property what happens with the gain I make and what tax is payable?
You can contact Alex at My Lawyer in Spain via email at enquiries@mylawyerinspain.com to discuss purchasing or selling property in Spain.
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Contact Miriem Diouri Garcia of MDG Advisors through her website https://mdgadvisors.es/.
