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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:35am

Stevec61

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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:35am

paulsav wrote on Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:31pm:
My reply is unfortunately not helpful to your present situation but an added thought. If you sold your Uk home this year and made a profit, then began life in Spain now as planned you would become a Spanish fiscal resident this year as more than 183days left in this year and therefore liable to C...

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...GT on the profits to Spain.. If this is so, you could defer your enterring Spain until July so you would avoid any CGT on your Uk sale.
Just a thought.
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Pauline.

I don’t think the OP is in a position to delay entry so as not to pay CGT, they are stuck in a hotel, unable to get to their home, and worried sick that if/when the hotel closes they will be out on the street with nowhere else to go?

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:24am

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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:24am

Steve, I did say my reply was not an answer in their present situation but a 2nd chance reminder to consider changing their plans to avoid the CGT payable by delaying their entry into Spain. Given if they have a little surplus money from their sale, they could consider otherways to spend what would have been payable to CGT. As they dont have residency they probably wouldnt be allowed into Spain anyway, and they would still have UK ID,s (driving licences etc) as still have UK residency so could contact whoever is arranging repatriations back to UK as UK citizens. The latest info yesterday from Gov,t was if UK resident abroad, get home asap.

My reply was to consider a possible silver lining in their dreadful situation. Sometimes one doesnt always see the wood for the trees.

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Pauline.

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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:54am

Kimmy11

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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:54am

I'm delighted to update you: Hayley, hubby and their woof crossed from France into Spain at Portbou early this morning, and are now on their way to their new home 👏👏👏 😀

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:05am

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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:05am

Kimmy11 wrote on Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:54am:
I'm delighted to update you: Hayley, hubby and their woof crossed from France into Spain at Portbou early this morning, and are now on their way to their new home 👏👏👏 😀

Brilliant news!

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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:08pm

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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:08pm

killjoy wrote on Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:24pm:
Seems you have been denied entry at ONE point, but what about the others? If you are stuck near Perpignan you have following alternatives: Le Perthuis/La Jonquera (D900/NII), Cerbere/Port Bou (D940/N260) to name only the nearest. If you own property you have a NIE, and even if w/o a document, hav...

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...e the border patrol check that NIE in their database. Don't let them send you away and ask for a higher ranked officer. Tell them your children or old and handicapped parents wait for you. Anything goes. Give it a try and insist, you have got nothing to lose. Lots 'o' luck - and let me know.

Well done Killjoy for suggesting Port Bou.

I am so pleased for them.