Rusty Nails
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Another perfectly good Devon product!
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Another perfectly good Devon product!
There's nowt wrong with Buckfast.
The greatest beverage that Scotland (or Ireland) had nothing to do with yet gets a hard time.
I'm only saying that because we're on the politics thread.
Well at least we now have control of our borders and immigration .... oh dear. But at least our cups of tea are now safehttps://www.theguardian.com/politic...in-lost-trade-in-first-two-years-review-finds
27 Billion in lost trade over first 2 years...and for what exactly?????
It looks like Spain will impose 100% tax on property purchases for non EU residents.
So that will scupper anyone’s plan for a retirement in Spain.
I presume they would like to implement a similar tax on Germans too, but EU law restricts that.
Let's do do the same here for all non UK residents!
UK citizens will just rent somewhere for a short time, register as resident (which makes then EU resident) and then be exempt from the tax?It looks like Spain will impose 100% tax on property purchases for non EU residents.
So that will scupper anyone’s plan for a retirement in Spain.
UK citizens will just rent somewhere for a short time, register as resident (which makes then EU resident) and then be exempt from the tax?
Ian
My reading of it is that if they intend to buy a property and live in it (i.e. become resident) there isn't an issue. It's the buying of holiday homes to visit twice a year that would be affected. If we did it here it would largely affect the Russian Oligarchs and wealthy Saudi Sheikhs who own half of London.UK citizens will just rent somewhere for a short time, register as resident (which makes then EU resident) and then be exempt from the tax?
My reading of it is that if they intend to buy a property and live in it (i.e. become resident) there isn't an issue. It's the buying of holiday homes to visit twice a year that would be affected. If we did it here it would largely affect the Russian Oligarchs and wealthy Saudi Sheikhs who own half of London.
Bit off-topic and I don't know about Spain but I used to live in France (pre-Brexit) and know people living there now and getting residence is not difficult (though of course pre-Brexit it wasn't necessary).I may be wrong, but, I don’t think it is THAT simple since Brexit.
Bit off-topic and I don't know about Spain but I used to live in France (pre-Brexit) and know people living there now and getting residence is not difficult (though of course pre-Brexit it wasn't necessary).
Only other country I can comment on is Sweden where UK citizens getting a long term visa is not difficult (though that's visa not residence). That experience from somebody I know who spends most of their summers sailing in the region.
I think the 90/180 rule is horrendous. Even if you get eg a visa for an EU country that only legally covers you in France so if you want to cycle on through another EU country you have to find a border post to stamp you out of your specific country visa and into Schengen.
(Please don't interpret my comment as my thinking Brexit was always going to be and has proven to be is anything other than a complete disaster).
Ian