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Practical answers from our advisory desks — tax, company, employment and property, always with the Canary Islands specifics that mainland guides miss.

Residency September 29, 2026 The Beckham regime in 2026: who qualifies, the six-month deadline and what 24 % really covers The Beckham regime taxes a new resident's employment income at 24 % for six tax years instead of a scale whose marginal rate reaches 50.5 % in the Canaries. Since 2023 it is open to remote workers, directors, entrepreneurs and qualified professionals, and to their families. The five doors of article 93, the five-year prior non-residence rule, the six-month clock of Modelo 149, what 24 % covers and what stays untaxed, wealth tax on Spanish assets only, no Modelo 720 and the break-even at €60,000. 16 min read

Residency September 22, 2026 Retiring to Fuerteventura: how your UK, German or Dutch pension is taxed in Spain A resident of Spain is taxed on every pension, wherever it is paid, and the treaty decides who taxes what: private and state pensions in Spain, government-service pensions at source but with progression here, German statutory pensions taxed by both with a 5 % or 10 % cap and a credit. With no withholding the whole bill falls due in June and the filing threshold drops to 15,876 euros. The disability exemption, the Modelo 720 on pension pots, claiming a pension earned abroad, the S1. 17 min read

Residency September 8, 2026 Tax resident or not? The 183-day rule, the centre of interests and the certificate that settles it A couple from Hamburg spends «about half the year» in Corralejo and wants to know whether they have become Spanish taxpayers. The question has a precise test, counted in days on a calendar year: article 9's 183 days, the centre of economic interests and the family presumption, with sporadic absences added back. The arithmetic on a real winter-and-summer pattern (182 days, then 188), the treaty ladder when two countries claim you, and the certificate that ends the argument. 10 min read

Residency July 24, 2026 Working from Fuerteventura — the digital nomad visa, the Beckham regime and your taxes Spain's digital nomad visa remains one of Europe's most attractive routes for remote workers — and Fuerteventura one of its best addresses. The 2026 requirements, the 24% flat-tax option, and the details that decide whether an application succeeds. 5 min read