Flooding in Alicante and Murcia. As you will have seen in the news, the Alicante and Murcia area have suffered heavy rain fall and flooding in many areas. Many towns, especially the ones near the rivers and ramblas (water canals) have been affected a lot. If you have any damages, communicate these damages as quick…
Read MoreCouncil Taxes 2019, Alicante Area The Council taxes 2019 are due for the Alicante area and many Murcia Towns. For Alicante the SUMA, will take care of the Council Taxes, IBI in Spanish. For those customers who have it on direct debit, the date of debit is 10 of September. Then you should see the…
Read MoreVM solicitors has started a collaboration with the International insurer Helvetia Insurances, Helvetia Seguros. We can offer you through them good covering insurances at accessible and competitive rates. If you need a new home and content insurance, let us know and we provide you with a quote! Car insurance for expats, at very reasonable prices…
Read MoreVehicle taxes, Road Taxes It is time for the annual road taxes 2019 in the county of Alicante, except the cities: Alicante capital, Santa Pola, Javea and Alcoy, which have a different way for these taxes. The SUMA has already debited these taxes from your bank last week (around the 10th of April) if you…
Read MoreRenta 2018, income taxes Spain. The Spanish tax office has started the income tax campaign, Renta 2018 again, this runs from April to the end of June 2019. The tax year in Spain is from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018. All tax residents in Spain need to declare their worldwide income in Spain. This is your income…
Read MoreMortgage cost claim Spain Update! Supreme court will do a revision of the sentence, more news on the 5th of November 2018. Banks, notaries and buyers are now wondering what will happen and in most cases waiting for news on the 5th to go ahead with the purchase and mortgage. More news on Mortgage cost…
Read MoreCouncil taxes 2018 Alicante Council taxes As always between the end of July and the beginning of October, you will have to pay the annual council taxes. Council taxes is called IBI in Spanish, this in the whole Alicante County Area, except Javea and Alicante city these have different dates. In the county of Alicante this is…
Read MoreSUMA, the company that does the council taxes in the Alicante Area, goes electronic. They will start to work with the SUMA electronic notifications system. As many government offices all has to be notified the electronic way, no longer on paper. This is for the environment good news of course, but for you as Non…
Read MoreCrossing the Gibraltar Strait On the 24th of August 2018, I have crossed the Gibraltar Strait swimming! A great experience, as we had good weather and a calm sea. We could swim in more or less a strait line from Tarifa, Spain to Marocco, even got a visit from 3 Calderones, a small kind of…
Read MoreDesafío Solidario, cruzar a nado el Estrecho de Gibraltar. El domingo llegamos a Tarifa, condiciones del tiempo estupendos y mañana, 24/07/2018 a las 08:30 empiezo al cruze del Estrecho a nado! Quieres coloborar para recaudar fondos para el Hogar Santa Marta en Peru? Mas informacion aqui!
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