spaincallsme
American expat in Spain
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Registration: 09 October 2009
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Citizenship and taxes! by JosephR
Hello all! I'll be in Barcelona in a few months and I'm trying to sort out my tax situation. I'm a US citizen, but I also have Italian citizenship (and passport). Currently, I contract for a US company. If I move to Barcelona (to do work with the ...
Hello Joseph, (Most of this is from my response to another tax post question.) The United States has a double tax treaty with Spain, but you will have responsibilities to notify both and pay one or the other. And believe it or not your former ... Read More
Hello! and Driving licence? by Stephy_c
Hi, I am new to this forum so I'd like to say "hola!' I also need some info on where to go to test for a Spanish driving licence in english. Anyone have any ideas? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks! steph
Hello all, In the Archive section under Spanish Drivers License Introduction of my blog I have a detailed step-by-step description for obtaining a Spanish drivers license which has helped several expats. spaincallsme.blogspot.com Good luck ... Read More
U.S. Citizen Living in Spain - Taxes by jokofi
My husband and I are U.S. citizens currently living in the U.S. on government pension. We are planning on moving to Spain by the end of this year. I have read several different forum posts and the more I read about paying taxes in Spain, the more ...
Hello all, The commenters have provided some good info especially that the tax issue is confusing. As mentioned, the United States has a double tax treaty with Spain. That being said, things may not be as simple for you as they seem. You may ... Read More
trying for a Retirement visa... by thiswildride
Hi everyone. My husband and I are currently working on our retirement visa for Espana. We're planning on renting in Valencia area until we know more about where we want to end up...probably northern Spain. We started our visa application process in ...
Alinda, The timing and substance of your post is borderline bizarre. I normally only check this Expat.com site about every four months. And, your situation is uncanny to ours to say the least. I am not going to go into detail here, but I am ... Read More
Hello from California by jokofi
My name is Joanna and I currently live in Sacramento, California. My husband is retired from State of California and I will retire the end of this year. Next spring we are traveling to Spain to start looking for an apartment, so we can relocate to ...
Hola Joanna, My wife and I are from California and retired to Spain over six years ago. If you like you can check out my web site at spaincallsme.com. (Yes, the site has my book on relocating here but there is a lot of other information you may ... Read More