Abogado |
Lawyer, Solicitor, Attorney |
Administrador |
Administrator, Manager, especially of the affairs of a community of
Property Owners |
Acta |
Minutes of Meeting |
Al Contado |
Cash |
Albacea |
Executor of Will |
Alquiler |
Rent |
Arbitrio sobre el incremento |
A sort of Capital Gains Tax on increase in land value, also called Plus
Valía |
Asegurar |
To insure |
Asesor Fiscal |
Financial Adviser, Tax Consultant, Accountant |
Autorización de residencia |
Residence Permit |
Ayuntamiento |
Town Hall |
Certificado de cambio de divisas |
Certificate of Exchange of fereign currency into Spanish Pesetas |
Certificado de empadronamiento |
Certificate showing a person resides or owns property in a given
municipality |
Certificado penal |
Certificate showing any prison record or legal judgement against a
person |
Cobrar |
To cash a cheque, to collect a payment |
Comprador |
Purchaser/Buyer |
Compensación extranjera |
Percentage deduction applied to Spanish Income Tax due in order to
compensate for tax paid abroad |
Comunidad de Propietarios |
Owners association in an apartment building or complex of attached
houses |
Contrato de compraventa |
Contract of Sale and Purchase |
Contribución dineraria extranjera |
Foreign money contribution, necessary to start a business in Spain for
non-EC persons |
Contribución Urbana |
Former name (still used colloquially) of municipal real estate tax Now
IBI |
Cuenta corriente |
Cheque account in bank |
Declaración de impuesto |
Tax Return |
Declaración de obra nueva |
Declaration and Registry of new Construction |
Declaración de renta |
Income Tax Return |
Demanda |
lawsuit |
Documento unificado |
Combined Work and Residence Permit |
Domiciliación de pagos |
Standing Order to Bank for payment of electric, water, tax bills, etc
|
Escritura de compraventa |
Notarized Contract of Sale and Purchase |
Escritura pública |
Notarized and Registered Deed of Title to Property |
Estatutos |
By-laws, Statutes, especially of owners association of condominium
apartment buildings |
Gastos |
Expenses |
Hacienda |
Treasury, Finance Ministry, Tax Ministry |
Hipoteca |
Mortgage |
Honorarios |
Fees |
Impuesto sobre Actividades Económicas (IAE) |
This tax replaces the former fiscal licence for professionals and
business operators |
Impuesto sobre Bienes |
Replaces the former contribución urbana as the annual municipal |
Inmuebles (IBI) |
Real estate tax |
Impuesto de transmisiones patrimoniales |
Real Estate Transfer Tax |
Impuesto extraordinario sobre el partimonio |
Capital Assets Tax/Wealth Tax |
Impuesto municipal sobre la renta de las personas físicas |
Income tax |
Ley de arrendamientos urbanos |
urban Letting Law covering rental of apartments, houses |
Ley de la propiedad horizontal |
Real Estate Law setting forth the legal framework for condominium
buildings, and rights and obligations of individual owners |
Licencia de aperture |
Licence to open a business |
Licencia fiscal |
Former annual business licence, replaced in 1992 by IAE |
Memoria |
List of all materials and specifications for a construction job. |
Número de identificación de extranjeros (NIE) |
Foreigner's Tax Identification Number |
Parcela |
Building Plot |
Patrimonio |
Patrimony/Capital Assets |
Plan Parcial |
Plan of building plots in a housing development |
Poder |
Proxy, Power of Attorney |
Registro de la Propiedad |
Property Registry |
Residente |
Resident, Holder of an Official Residence Permit |
Retención |
Withholding Tax retained from salaries, earnings on rentals, bank
accounts etc. |
Solicitud |
Petition, Request, Application |
Tarjeta Comunitaria |
EC Registration Card |
Temporada |
Season, Short Period of Time |
Testamento |
Will/Testament |
Todos los gastos |
All charges, often stipulated in Home Purchase Contract to buyer |
Traspaso |
Transfer/Lease of Property |
Trimestre |
Quarter |
urbanización |
Houseing Estate |
Valor Catastral |
Official Valuation of Real Estate for Tax Purposes |
Visado de residencia |
Visa required for living in Spain more than period allowed regular
tourists |
