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Soft Landing Services in Spain

Posted on 22 November, 202210 January, 2023 by Business Advice Spain

One of our Soft Landing Services in Spain was recommended on Linkedin by one of our clients. It concerns the REA registration service for foreign companies in Spain. This Registry of Accredited Companies (Registro de Empresas Acreditadas), certifies the fulfilment of capacity and quality requirements for risk prevention, health and safety rules on construction sites in Spain. Every Spanish autonomous community has its own labor authority where the company can (or even must) register.

However, for many foreign companies this is still a difficult process. That is where we come in. With our Soft landing Services in Spain, we help these companies with the necessary paperwork and presentations. And where necessary we communicate their posted workers. The latter is a European requirement where a company needs to notify the labor authorities of the hosting country upfront of the arrival of workers from another country.

Business Advice Spain, and Jochem Schoevers in particular, have received various recommendations with respect to its Soft Landing Services in Spain. The one mentioned here came from Twisted Pair in the UK and was posted on linkedin.

If you would like to know more about how we can help your company, you can get in touch today at contact or call Jochem on 0034 610 739 364 and or look him up on Linkedin. You can send us an email at info@businessadvicespain.com.

Soft landing services in Spain (can) also comprise:

legal (incorporation, constitution of Spanish companies and subsidiaries, all sorts of contracting);
Accounting and tax returns (according to Spanish GAAP);
Payrolling for local subsidiaries of foreign companies;
Registration of foreign companies and payroll for their employees in Spain;
Communication of the posting of foreign workers in Spain;
NIEs, CIFs, NIFs for foreigners.

We have helped companies from all over the world with our services in Spain.

REA Recommendations for BAS — Happy Clients

Posting foreign workers in Spain

Posted on 9 September, 202110 September, 2021 by Business Advice Spain

Companies are obliged to notify the posting of foreign workers in Spain. In fact it is mandatory throughout the European Union. Although there are a few exceptions. We help you with the Spanish procedures of such notification of posting of foreign workers in Spain. We explain what the rules are around short term posting and long(er) term postings. Which employment legislation applies, that of the “home member state” of that of the “host member state”, and which social security system.

Background

This EU legislation ensures the protection of posted workers. In relation to the freedom to provide cross-border services the EU helps by laying down mandatory provisions regarding working conditions and the protection of workers’ health and safety that must be respected. It helps ensuring fair labour mobility on the internal market.

This guide can also help you answering your questions.

Our services

We help you collecting and filling out the papers for the notification. We communicate with the Spanish authorities and will keep you up to date on the progress. Once the posting is notified we will send you the receipts for your files. Almost all the time the posting comes with the obligation to register in the Registry of Accredited Companies, the REA (Registro de Empresas Acreditadas) in Spanish. If that is so, we can also help you with that. If you need more information on REA registry in Spain, you can find it here.

Our soft landing services (click here to find out more) are designed to provide you peace of mind woth respect to your Spanish operations. You can contact us for all your Spanish queries.

Contact

If you need assitance or more information on this topic of posting of foreign workers in Spain, please do not hesitate to contact us. Or call Jochem Schoevers directly 0034 610 739 364. We would be happy to help you.

REA – Registro de Empresas Acreditadas for foreign companies

Posted on 2 September, 202110 January, 2023 by Business Advice Spain

REA – Registro de Empresas Acreditadas, a Spanish registry requisite for your company in Spain.

Health and Safety

Under Spanish Health and Safety regulations Spanish and foreign Companies operating on construction sites in Spain in concept of contractors or subcontractors must be inscribed in the Registry of Accredited Companies and comply a series of requirements:

1. Have an organization production, facilities, work teams and the staff needed to carry out the assignments received;
2. Have an adequate organization in matter of prevention of occupational risks and have staff with health and safety training at work.

Registration in the REA

Registration in the Registry of Accredited Companies (Registro de Empresas Acreditadas – “REA” in Spanish) – certifies compliance with these requirements.
Companies that contract or subcontract work in construction sites must verify that their companies’ contractors or subcontractors meet the requirements legally required. The way to fulfill this duty of verification is requesting and obtaining a certification from the Spanish labor authority that certifies that the company is registered in the Registry.

Our Services 1) REA registration and 2) Notification of posting of forein workers

We help foreign companies registering in that registry. In addition, we notify posted foreign workers to the Spanish labor authorities as required by Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services.

More REA recommendations from BAS Clients

Contact

If you want to know more please contact us or call Jochem Schoevers directly on 0034 610 739 364 or email: jschoevers@businessadvicespain.com

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Soft Landing Services for US Companies in Spain

Posted on 30 March, 202130 March, 2021 by Business Advice Spain

Introduction

As part of our “Soft Landing Services for US Companies in Spain” initiative, it is a pleasure to announce that Business Advice Spain incorporated 3 subsidiaries of US companies in Spain in 2020. All 3 were subsidiaries of American Incs and were incorporated “on a distance” with the use of powers of attorney (POA).

Soft Landing Services for US Companies in Spain

Our soft landing services for US companies in Spain encompass:

Legal services: Advisory on what legal form the subsidiary should take on (Rep office, limited liability company). What composition the board of directors should have. Or if it is better to leave it with 1 or 2 directors. In providing such services we also take into account practical issues such as tax numbers, NIF, CIF and NIE numbers, for shareholders, directors and possible employees, etc.
Accounting and tax returns: This is a very important aspect for foreign and US companies operating through a subsidiary in Spain. The need for a Spanish accountant who understand the needs of a foreign owner. When starting a business overseas it is crucial that the owners maintain the sense of being in control of finance and operations. We work with many foreign owners or shareholders and understand that need. Although Spain has its own GAAP, we are used to work with foreign accountancy programs (Aqilla, Exact to name a few).
Employment and payroll: Help with setting up your subsidiary with the Spanish social security, registering it with the collaborating entities, draft and advice on employment contracts, subsidies, etc. Then we provide payroll services informing you on what the personnel cost is, breaking it down in the different tax and social security concepts. And we send you the information on what amounts your subsidiary is to transfer as salary. We help you with dismissals, collective bargaining agreements and many other aspects of labor law.
Tax advisory: Where necessary we can help you with tax advise. In many cases we see the need for intercompany agreements between the foreign US entity and the local subsidiary in Spain. Transfer pricing often comes into play. But also other elements that may have an impact on determining where tax is due, substance requirements. VAT aspects.

Contact and further information

If you would like any further information on Soft Landing Services for US Companies in Spain, do not hesitate to get in touch with us. Or contact Jochem Schoevers directly for an introductory meeting at +34610739364 or jschoevers@businessadvicespain.com.

Soft Landing and the Beckham law in Spain

Posted on 15 October, 201924 April, 2020 by Business Advice Spain

A Spanish non resident tax law

This article is about our soft landing services in combination with the application of Beckham´s law in Spain. In 2005 Spain adopted the Beckham law. Its purpose was to offer a mild tax climate to attract talented and highly skilled foreign physical persons in order to further internationalize and increase competitiveness of Spanish companies. The law got its nick name after David Beckham who transferred in 2003 from Manchester United in England to go and play for Real Madrid in Spain. His transfer fee amounted to 37,5 million Euro and his salary was said to be 17 million GBP per year. He was supposedly one of the first to apply for this special tax regime and benefit from it.

Eligibility

To be eligible for its application one needs to comply with the following: Continue reading “Soft Landing and the Beckham law in Spain”