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Tax amnesty
The vast majority of readers are surely aware of the opportunity currently open in Spain for filing a special tax return that, in return for paying a limited amount, would put an end to any existing income tax contingencies.
Garrigues named 'Tax Firm of the Year' in Spain for third consecutive year
Garrigues has been named ‘Tax Firm of the Year’ in Spain for the third year running by the International Tax Review at the third annual European Tax Awards, which aim to reward excellence at European tax firms over the last year.
Garrigues is the Best European Tax Firm according to ‘International Tax Review’
Garrigues has won recognition as the best European firm according to the Survey published annually by ‘International Tax Review’ on the market for tax services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA Survey).
Tax Updates 11-2012
NEW TAX LEGISLATION IN THE BUDGET LAW FOR 2013 AND IN THE TAX MEASURES LAW
Tax Bulletin April 2012
Royal Decree-Law 12/2012, summarized in our Tax News Bulletin 2/2012, gave individuals and enterprises the option to disclose any assets or rights not deriving from income reported for personal income tax, corporate income tax and nonresident…
EU State Aids and Tax Law
On 7 November 2014 the General Court of the European Union (‘General Court’) rendered two landmark judgments shedding light on the boundaries of the key notion of ‘selectivity’ in tax-related State aid cases. The judgments quashed two European…
Garrigues heads the new Chambers Europe rankings in 12 practice areas
Garrigues placed extremely well in the rankings published today in the new Chambers Europe guide. Focusing exclusively on the European legal market, the latest guide contains new ranking categories.
Specifically, Garrigues was ranked in…
Tax Commentary 2-2014
On March 14, 2014, the Spanish cabinet was presented with the report by the committee of experts
on the reform of the Spanish tax system. The report’s stated aim is to set out a number of tax
reforms that will allow for fiscal consolidation…
Updates General State Budget Law 1-2012
The General State Budget Law for 2012 was published in the Official State Gazette on June 30, 2012 (Law 2/2012, of June 29, 2012). We summarize below the main new changes contained in that law, in particular those made in the areas of tax, labor…
Tax Bulletin May 2012
May 11, 2012 saw the approval of a new Royal Decree-Law (No. 18/2012) with measures to reinvigorate the Spanish economy, focusing on this occasion on reforming the financial industry and more specifically on the need to clean up credit…
The technical explanation of the 2013 protocol to the Spain-US tax treaty has been published
It is usual practice in the United States after a tax treaty is signed for the parties that negotiated it to prepare a document providing a technical explanation of the treaty’s provisions. The Internal Revenue Service adopts this technical…
The alliance of independent tax advisors 'Taxand' welcomes eight additional firms
Taxand Global Alliance, the first international network of independent tax firms to which Garrigues belongs to and is a founding member, has welcomed 8 new firms, expanding its presence to 30 countries only 15 months after its launch in March…