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From Spain to Andorra

What changes in tax when you move from Spain to Andorra: what you pay today, what you would pay there and the rules Spain applies when you leave.

What you would save

With €150,000 a year in dividends or foreign income, compared as a genuine resident of each country.

Today in Spain€33,380
In Andorra€14,700
Yearly difference+€18,680

Full guide: Andorra →

Leaving Spain

  • More than 183 days in Spain. You are resident if you spend more than 183 days in Spain in a calendar year. Temporary absences count as days in Spain unless you prove tax residence in another country.
  • Main base of business or economic interests. You are resident if the main base or centre of your business activities or economic interests is in Spain, directly or indirectly, even with few days spent there.
  • Family presumption. Spain presumes you are resident if your spouse (not legally separated) and dependent minor children live there habitually. You can rebut this with proof.
  • Absences in tax havens. If you claim residence in a non-cooperative jurisdiction, the tax agency may require proof that you actually spent 183 days there in the year.

Rules that can follow you after leaving

  • Spanish nationals moving to a tax haven stay resident 4 more years. Spanish nationals who move their tax residence to a non-cooperative jurisdiction remain Spanish taxpayers in the year of the move and the following four tax years.

Exit tax in Spain

Ganancias patrimoniales por cambio de residencia (art. 95 bis Ley 35/2006 IRPF)

  • Tax resident in Spain for at least 10 of the 15 tax periods before the last one to be declared.
  • Shares or fund units with a total market value above EUR 4,000,000, OR a stake above 25% in a company whose market value for that stake is above EUR 1,000,000 (in this second case only those shares are taxed).

Unrealised gain (market value minus acquisition value) is taxed as if sold, as savings income at the savings rates (19% to 30%), declared in the last tax period as resident.

Exit tax → · Am I still resident? →

Arriving in Andorra

Personal income: 10% · Company tax: 10%

Active residency (start a company or work) or passive residency (investment of about €600,000).

Active: more than 183 days. Passive: at least 90 days.

Income tax 0% up to €24,000 and 10% at most. Savings income at 10% after €3,000 exempt. Expensive housing and a mandatory deposit.

Living there

Monthly cost for one person, rent included
Andorra la Vella€1,600–2,100
Escaldes-Engordany€2,100–2,700
Climate
Mountain climate; mild summers 20-26°C, snowy winters -5 to 6°C.
Direct flights to
Barcelona (road, about 3h): London, Barcelona: Paris, Barcelona: Frankfurt, Barcelona: New York, Barcelona: Dubai
Safety
High
International schools
Few

Steps to residency

  1. 8 weeksIncorporate company and obtain foreign investment authorisation
  2. 4 weeksSign lease or buy home and register with the comu
  3. 8 weeksSubmit active (self-employed) or passive residence application to Immigration
  4. 2 weeksRegister with CASS social security and tax office

About 22 weeks in total

Official websites: Tax authority · Immigration

Approximate figures that change often; check them before deciding.

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