About us

When the European court ruled that Spain’s taxation policy towards foreign property owners was unjust, it was clear that an enormous number of people would be able to reclaim Spanish taxes that they had been overcharged when they sold their property.

Unfortunately, it would not simply be a case of filling in a few forms at the local tax office.  The Spanish taxman was not going to make it that easy for foreigners to reclaim almost a billion Euros.  Each and every case would need to be taken to court individually.

By enforcing a judicial route to reclaim the tax, the Spanish government knew that this would prevent most people from successfully getting their money back:

• Many people would be put off by having to take the Spanish tax man to court and would not even try.

• Having to go to court means having to hire a lawyer, and the Spanish tax authorities knew that most people would not be prepared to risk their money on lawyers’ fees.

• The area of law involved is highly specialist.  There are very few tax lawyers with sufficient knowledge of European and Spanish tax legislation who would even be able to take on such a case.

As the pre-eminent tax lawyer specialising in European and Spanish tax law, Alfonso Padilla Peña was inundated with enquiries from other tax specialists, fiscal advisors, estate agents and other lawyers in order to help with their clients’ claims.

In order to cope with the huge demand Alfonso’s small specialist tax firm teamed up with Thoel & Asociados, a substantial firm of lawyers with decades of specialising in expatriate legal issues in Spain… and Tax Reclaim Spain was born!

Specific tax knowledge, multilingual administrative resources and vast experience of helping expatriates and non-residents with legal issues combine to create a tailor made service to deal with your Spanish tax reclaim in a smooth, efficient manner.

We provide a risk-free way to process your Spanish tax reclaim on a no win, no fee basis.  Our fees are lower than others on the market because of economies of scale, saving you money!