Changes to plus valia

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Changes to plus valia

Postby infoseeker » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:58 pm

Has anyone else seen the changes to plus valia to come into force from January 2015.
Will make a hefty difference when selling your property!

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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby Lyric » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:07 pm

Why do you dangle a metaphorical carrot and then not expand on it, or at least give a reference.

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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby Chica56 » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:20 pm

Here is a link[url http://www.finanzas.com/noticias/vivien ... 38.htmlurl]

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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby El Cid » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:30 pm

Your link doesn't work. Please try posting it again.

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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby Enrique » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:42 pm

FYI......when posting links please use the URL tab in the posting box

http://www.finanzas.com/noticias/vivien ... 70838.html
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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby El Cid » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:04 pm

This change has nothing to do with Plus Valia tax. It applies to CGT (Capital Gains Tax) which is entirely different.

Basically, if you are selling a house about 30 years old there is presently no tax to pay because in the early years you were allowed 11.11% deduction for every year you had owned it. That was changed some time ago to only apply to houses purchased before 1994 which meant if you bought it in 1984 there was no tax to pay.

If you purchased after 1994 the allowances were reduced to inflation only and after 2006 that was also removed.

This change means the retrospective abolition of the old 11.11% deduction.

It could be a very expensive change if you are selling an older house, but remember that you still get 100% allowance if you reinvest the money in a new permanent residence or are over 65 and have owned the house as your primary residence for 3 years. Of course, these allowances only apply to tax residents.

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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby Beachcomber » Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:08 pm

This probably explains it better than the link to finanzas.com:

http://www.garrigues.com/es/publicacion ... iento.aspx

but they also insist on using the term 'plus-valía' which as Sid says, in this instance, means capital gain as opposed to Impuesto sobre el Incremento del Valor de los Terrenos de Naturaleza Urbana
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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby Gasman » Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:28 pm

When we spoke to our Gestor about a month ago, she said that this ruling had not yet come in and was subject to ratification, and that we were not to be concerned about it, as it may never happen :wtf: Now it seems from these articles that it is WRIT IN STONE and definitive - anybody know if it is indeed definitive now? thanks :thumbup:

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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby Free at Last » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:00 pm

It has just been announced today that these changes will not now apply to properties sold for under €400,000.

http://economia.elpais.com/economia/201 ... 63809.html

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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby CapnBilly » Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:25 pm

But only in respect of properties bought before 1994, unles they make further amendments.

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Re: Changes to plus valia

Postby Gasman » Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:42 pm

Perhaps our Gestor did have wind of this amendment coming up then :clap: , as ours was well under the 400,000 and before 1994 ...


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