5-12-2008 - version foto.FH11 - Spanish Taxes. Tax and Legal

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ÁbacoConnect Team.
ÁbacoConnect provides legal and tax solutions by firstly explaining where you
personally fit into the Spanish system, which laws affect you and how you can keep
on the right side of them. The ÁbacoConnect Team consists of personnel selected
for their knowledge and experience in these areas and for their dedication to
customer care. They want your time in Spain to be uncomplicated and pleasurable
and will work with you to ensure this happens.
CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT
Following your initial introduction to ÁbacoConnect by a member of staff or one of our ÁbacoConnect
associates, continued communication will be the responsibility of our Customer Care Department. They are
all warm, friendly individuals, experienced in collecting your data, explaining procedures and answering
queries. Speaking seven languages between them we guarantee that as an ÁbacoConnect client you will
never have to struggle to be understood or feel the language barrier prevents you from receiving clear
answers to your questions.
These personnel will also be operating the Ábaco Help-Line to provide an immediate response to your queries.
Paloma Paris
Customer Care Department
Languages: French, English
and Spanish
Caroline Clinton
Customer Care Department
Languages: English and Spanish
Carola Widin
Customer Care Department
Languages: Swedish, German,
English and Spanish
Martin Pickering
Customer Care Department
Languages: English and Spanish
Eugenia Karchenko
Customer Care Department
Languages: Russian, English
and Spanish
Petra Bettens
Customer Care Department
Languages: Dutch, English,
French and Spanish
FISCAL DEPARTMENT
Tax Advisers
Our Tax Advisers have more than 30 years combined experience in dealing with foreigner's tax declarations.
Changes in the Spanish Tax Laws are anticipated, investigated and the consequences for our clients quickly
interpreted by the personnel in this department. Information is then communicated in an easy to follow
format via mailings, Ábaco On-line or during personal consultations.
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Appointments are also arranged by our Tax Advisers to cover the step by step preparation of the annual tax
declaration, especially in the case of clients with Spanish residency status. In these circumstances it is
essential that the Tax Advisers are knowledgeable, not only of the Spanish tax system but also of the country
where he client's income or pensions etc. are derived.
Susan Partridge Helme
Tax Adviser
Languages: English and Spanish
Linda Robertsson Posada
Tax Adviser
Languages: Swedish, English,
German and Spanish
Begoña Gallego
Tax Adviser
Languages: English,
German and Spanish
Internal Procedures
These personnel form an integral part of the ÁbacoConnect Team as they will be responsible for processing
and presenting your tax declaration, taking care to respect legislation and dead-lines issued by the Tax
Authorities.
Our recognised collaboration with SUMA (the organisation collecting local taxes for many Town Halls in the
area) will enable them to receive direct information regarding your Council Tax, facilitating speed and
accuracy when arranging your payment.
The direct debiting of your Spanish bank account to cover tax payments will be monitored by this department.
Patricia Pérez Widin
Telematic Procedures
Languages: English and Spanish
Juani Ojados
Council Tax
Languages: Spanish
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Ábaco Asesores incorporates and extensive team of legal executives, headed by four fully qualified Lawyers.
All are dedicated professionals within their specific field and possess the capacity to adapt their expertise
and knowledge of Spanish law and procedures to suit the needs of the non-Spanish property owner.
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Lawyers
Pablo Arteaga
Degree in Law, University of Madrid
María Wiedemann
Degree in Law, University of Passau, Germany
Registered with the College of Lawyers
in Orihuela. (nº 1,049).
Studies in Spanish and European Law,
with wide experience gained in multinational
companies.
Specialising in Civil Law and Contracts.
Wide experience in Litigation in different
courts and in Mercantile Law.
Specialising in Purchases in the name of
Companies, Inheritance and Transmissions based
on divorce agreements.
Languages: English and Spanish
Languages: German, English, French and Spanish
Marina Lorente
Degree in Law, University of Alicante
Olga Kartakova
Degree in Law, University of Ulyanovsk, Russia
Registered with the College of Lawyers
in Orihuela. (nº 1,375).
Degree in Law, recognised and evaluated
at the University of Alicante.
Master degree en Urban Studies
and Real Estate, ENAE (Murcia).
Specialising in Property Law.
Specialising in Urban legalities,
with wide experience in the Inheritance
process.
Languages: Russian, English and Spanish
Languages: English, Italian and Spanish
Legal Executives
Pilar Ruso
Property Conveyancing
Languages: German,
English and Spanish
Catarina Corneliusson
Property Conveyancing
Languages: Swedish,
English and Spanish
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Karin Larson
Property Conveyancing
Languages: Swedish,
English and Spanish
M. Carmen Navarro
Property Conveyancing
Languages: German, English,
French and Spanish
Mariló Estañ
Property Conveyancing
Languages: English and Spanish
Ana Mielgo
Property Conveyancing
Languages: English and Spanish
Official Translator
Gema Sánchez
Official Sworn Translator
and Interpreter (English)
Registered with the Ministery
of Foreign Affairs
Languages: German, French and Spanish
Financial Advice
Mery P. Fernández
Mortgage advice and arrangament
Languages: English, French and Spanish
ÁBACO ON-LINE
The creation, management and continuous development of this unique feature of ÁbacoConnect is the
responsibility of our I.T. technicians. The on-line facility enabling you to check your tax situation on Internet
in just the same way as you check your bank account is a result of the innovation and skills emanating from
this department. Legal and tax news alerts will be transmitted by this medium to ensure that you are quickly
informed of important events and changes happening here in Spain.
Luis A. Gimeno Berenguer
Ábaco On-line Administration
Languages: English and Spanish
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Location maps of the
Ábaco Asesores offices
Here you can find the maps and contact information of our three offices, which will
help you find them in Torrevieja, Alicante and Vera.
Head Office - Torrevieja
Ábaco Asesoría Legal y Fiscal S.L.
C/ María Parodi, 8-3º
P.O. Box 693
ES-03181 Torrevieja
Alicante - España
Monday to Friday 09.00 - 18.00
Tel: (+34) 96 670 3750
Web: www.abaco-asesores.com
Fax general: (+34) 96 670 3656
Fax fiscal: (+34) 96 670 8112
E-mail general: info@abaco-asesores.com
E-mail fiscal: fiscal@abaco-asesores.com
Alicante Office
Ábaco Asesoría Legal y Fiscal S.L.
Plaza Calvo Sotelo, 12
ES-03001 Alicante
España
Tel: (+34) 96 514 6794
Web: www.abaco-asesores.com
Fax general: (+34) 96 514 6795
E-mail general: infoalc@abaco-asesores.com
Almería Office
Ábaco Asesoría Legal y Fiscal S.L.
C/ del Mar, Pasaje Neptuno Portal 1, 1ºB
ES-04620 Vera
Almería - España
Tel: (+34) 95 039 3560
Web: www.abaco-asesores.com
Fax general: (+34) 95 039 3563
E-mail general: infovera@abaco-asesores.com
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