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Setting up an SL in the Canaries in 2026: the real steps, the €1 capital and how long it actually takes
One euro of capital and a registration measured in hours: both true, both misleading. What the €1 rule attaches (20 % of profit to reserve, joint liability up to €3,000), the documents before the deed, the six- and twelve-hour clocks of the electronic channel, the company in formation, IGIC instead of VAT, and why a foreign founder should count three to six weeks — with a registered office at our Costa Adeje business centre if the owners run it from abroad.
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Golden visa renewals after the repeal: how holders keep their residence in 2026
The golden visa closed to newcomers on 3 April 2025, not to holders: valid permits keep their term and renew under the rules of the initial grant, five years at a time. What the file must prove, the ministry's June 2025 criteria on visas, family and switched investments, and why a renewed card is not a path to permanent residence or a passport unless you actually live here.
Wealth tax and the solidarity tax for non-residents in 2026: what a Canary home really costs each year
Non-residents pay on Spanish assets only, above a €700,000 minimum, on the standard scale in the Canaries — and since 2026 they can claim the 60 % cap that used to protect residents alone. How the two taxes are worked out, when the solidarity surcharge really bites, and how to claim refunds.
Child maintenance in Spain in 2026: how it is set, updated and collected — even from abroad
How the figure is fixed and updated, what happens when it stops arriving — seizure without the usual floor, coercive fines, the criminal route, the State's advance — and how a Spanish order is enforced in the UK or the EU, and vice versa.
Selling as a non-resident: the 3 % retention and the plusvalía
Two taxes shape every non-resident sale: the 3 % the buyer must withhold for Hacienda, and the municipal plusvalía that legally lands on the buyer. The real arithmetic — deadlines, refunds and the paperwork that decides both.
Suing in Spain in 2026: the mandatory step before any lawsuit
Since 3 April 2025 no ordinary civil claim is admitted without a documented settlement attempt. The valid routes, the exceptions, the 30-day and one-year clocks — and why the letter is now the first act of the lawsuit.
The 90/180 rule now that every entry is counted
The rule is old; the enforcement is new. Since 10 April 2026 the EES counts every day for you — how the 90/180 arithmetic works, who is exempt, and what changes for second-home owners.