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marcliff wrote on Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:52pm:
Not quite. You become a tax resident in Spain once you have been here for 183 days or more in a calendar year which is the same as a fiscal or tax year. If you move over in, say, September 2023, you will not become a tax resident in February 2024 (6 months later). You will become a tax resident i...
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...n June 2024 which is 6 months into the calendar year. You will not have to complete a tax return for 2023 as you were only resident for 4 months in that year and your first tax return will be completed in 2025 for the full 2024 tax year. Spain does not have part fiscal years.
If, however, you move over in, say, April 2023, then you will become a tax resident for 2023 as you will have been here for over 183 days in September that year so will have to complete a tax return in 2024 for the whole of 2023. Again, Spain does not have part fiscal years so your income in the Jan to Apr of 2023 will also have to be declared.
And going back to the original, as a temporary resident, which you are classed as before you have been here for 5 years, then you cannot leave Spain for over 6 months in any one year nor a maximum of (caveat, I thought it was 1 year total in the the first 5 years but maybe 10 month is correct). After 5 years you become a permanent resident and other, much longer absences, are allowed.
Hi Marcliff,
Non-EU nationals with temporary residency, i.e. less than 5 years, can leave Spain for a maximum of 6 months in a 1 year period, provided that the total sum does not exceed 10 months within the first 5 years. This period can be extended to a maximum 12 months within the first 5 years for work reasons.
Kind regards,
Kim
