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United Kingdom · 3 min de lectura
The UK buried non-dom in 2025. Its replacement only lasts four years
For over two centuries, being "non-domiciled" in the UK meant not paying tax on foreign income as long as you didn't bring it into the country. That system…
Opinion & Analysis · 2 min de lectura
Tax avoidance and tax evasion aren’t the same thing, and mixing them up makes the whole debate worse
One is illegal by definition. The other is, technically, following the letter of the law in a way nobody intended to allow. The distinction matters more than it…
Switzerland · 3 min de lectura
Swiss lump-sum taxation: taxed on your lifestyle, not your income (and only if you don’t work in Switzerland)
It's one of Europe's oldest and least understood tax regimes: you don't declare your income, you negotiate your bill with the canton based on your expenses. But the…
Spain · 3 min de lectura
The tax return mistakes Spain’s tax authority catches almost effortlessly
No audit needed to catch them: they surface on their own when your return is cross-checked against what third parties already report. These are the ones that come…
Spain · 3 min de lectura
Living in Spain without becoming a tax resident (and why that line is stricter than you think)
Most guides repeat "more than 183 days" as if it were the only rule. There are at least two other ways to become a Spanish tax resident without…
Fail/Win · 3 min de lectura
The exact amount where tax evasion in Spain stops being a fine and becomes a crime
The line between "I got a penalty" and "I'm facing a criminal trial" in Spain sits at a very specific figure. Few guides state it with that precision…
Spain · 3 min de lectura
The self-employed contribution isn’t a tax, and treating it like one leads to bad planning
RETA and income tax are two different things paid for different reasons at different times. Understanding that split is the basis of any serious tax planning as a…
Spain · 3 min de lectura
Modelo 720 no longer carries the fine that made it infamous, but it’s still mandatory
For years, filing it late could cost more than the assets it declared were worth. Europe forced Spain to fix that. The obligation to file, on the other…
Portugal · 3 min de lectura
Portugal closed the NHR. Here’s what’s left in 2026 (and for whom)
The non-habitual resident regime that filled Lisbon with expats no longer accepts new applications. Its successor, IFICI, is far narrower than most guides let on.
Portugal · 3 min de lectura
Portugal’s Golden Visa can no longer be bought with an apartment (since October 2023)
For almost a decade, buying a property in Portugal for €280,000-500,000 got you residency. That route is gone. What's left is a considerably tougher list of options, and…
Netherlands · 2 min de lectura
The Dutch 30% ruling escaped a bigger cut, but has a clear expiry date from 2027
It holds at the full 30% through 2025 and 2026, without the phase-down that was announced. From 2027 it genuinely starts shrinking — and there's a real deadline…
Malta · 3 min de lectura
Malta and non-dom status: why staying outside the general system stopped being free in 2025
Malta's remittance regime is still real and still works, but since 2025 it has a minimum tax floor that didn't exist before. The gap between "little" and "zero"…
Fail/Win · 3 min de lectura
Real tax optimisation (not what gets sold as «tricks»)
The difference between legal tax optimisation and evasion isn't intent — it's whether there's real economic substance behind the operation. These are the legal levers that actually move…
Italy · 4 min de lectura
Freelancing in Italy: the flat-rate regime explained without the sales pitch
Italy's flat 15% sounds like a steal next to Spain's progressive income tax. The fine print — thresholds, exclusions, and what happens if you're actually billing from abroad…
Germany · 3 min de lectura
Freelancing in Germany: why being a «Freiberufler» isn’t the same as being autónomo in Spain
Germany separates liberal professionals from other self-employed businesses along a line that decides taxes, paperwork, and even whether you need a chamber-of-commerce registration. Spain has nothing like it.
France · 3 min de lectura
Auto-entrepreneur in France: the regime closest to autónomo — and where it differs most
With turnover caps, proportional contributions, and VAT that kicks in separately, France's micro-entrepreneur solves the same problem as Spain's autónomo with an almost opposite logic.
Estonia · 3 min de lectura
Estonia’s e-residency doesn’t make you a tax resident anywhere (and that’s exactly the problem)
It's sold as the gateway to Europe's lightest taxation. In reality it's a digital ID card for running a company remotely — nothing more, and it pays to…
United Arab Emirates · 3 min de lectura
Dubai: 0% personal income tax is real, «zero taxes» no longer is
The UAE still doesn't tax personal income. Since 2023 it does tax companies at 9%, and more and more freelancers with their own visa are falling under that…
Guides · 4 min de lectura
How a double tax treaty actually works (the guide we link from every country)
Spain has treaties signed with more than 90 countries. Almost nobody reads them until two tax administrations claim them at once. Here's what they actually say and how…
Guides · 4 min de lectura
A visa isn’t a tax regime (and confusing them gets expensive)
Estonia, Dubai, Spain... every country with a digital nomad visa is solving a migration problem, not a tax one. They're related, almost never the same thing, and this…
Cyprus · 3 min de lectura
Cyprus and the 60-day rule: the fastest tax residency to get in the EU
While most countries require 183 days to consider you resident, Cyprus solves it with 60 — and as of 2026 it doesn't even require you to give up…
Opinion & Analysis · 3 min de lectura
2026 is the year Spain’s tax authority stops relying on you to declare your crypto
Between Modelo 720 and the new European DAC8 rules, the room for a foreign exchange balance to go unnoticed has all but closed. Here's what actually changes.
Argentina · 3 min de lectura
Monotributo, RESICO, and Spanish autónomo: three very different ways to bill as a freelancer
Argentina, Mexico, and Spain solve the same problem — how someone working for themselves gets taxed — with systems that barely resemble each other. Compared properly, not in…
Andorra · 3 min de lectura
Andorra in 2026: why it’s still the most talked-about tax destination (and the most misunderstood)
0% up to €24,000 and a 10% ceiling sound like fantasy compared to Spain. The part that never makes the headlines is how hard it actually is to…