Home / Tax advice / Tax adviser in Marbella
Tax adviser in Marbella: tax and legal in the same team, online
Tax advice for property owners in Marbella, resident or not: income tax, Form 210, property tax (IBI), municipal capital gains tax, holiday lets and inheritance. Office in La Línea de la Concepción; you can work with us remotely or in person.
Tax advisers and lawyersResidents and non-residentsOnline or at our office
Your tax adviser for Marbella, with lawyers in the same firm
A professional with experience in tax law studies your case and gives you clear information on each activity you declare, a solution to the needs of the individual or the company, and direct attention from the person handling your file. We always reply in plain language.
Owning a home in the province of Málaga is almost never just a question of taxes. You buy with a lawyer, inherit with a notary, let by the season and sell when circumstances change. Each step has its tax bill, and it is common for the tax adviser not to speak to the lawyer.
At Asesoría Serra they do speak. We are a single team of tax advisers and lawyers, based in La Línea de la Concepción. Before you sign a sale, a gift or an inheritance, we review what you will pay and how it is declared. Afterwards we handle the returns, with a team used to cases from the Costa del Sol and the Campo de Gibraltar (the area around Gibraltar).
We work with people who live in Marbella, San Pedro de Alcántara, Nueva Andalucía or Elviria, and with those who only visit in summer and pay tax from London, Stockholm or Oslo. Our clients are long-standing residents and foreign owners with property on the Costa del Sol; the tax position of the two is not the same.
Also online: your tax adviser in Marbella without any travelling
Most of our clients on the coast never set foot in the office. This is how the work goes:
If you prefer to meet, we see you in La Línea de la Concepción. To book a video call directly, there is the online consultation page. →
Video call
We study your situation in a conversation and tell you which taxes affect you, with the tax advice each case needs.
Documents by WhatsApp or email
You send us deeds, receipts and contracts from your phone.
Digital signature
With your certificate or a power of representation, we sign and file for you.
Online filing
Income tax, Form 210 and procedures with the Spanish Tax Agency (Agencia Tributaria, AEAT), paperless.
Property tax (IBI) and municipal capital gains tax in Marbella: two taxes of the town hall
For an owner, Marbella town hall mainly charges two taxes, and it is worth knowing its own rules.
Urban IBI is calculated by applying 0.65 % to the cadastral value, according to the tax bylaw in force in 2026. In 2026 the voluntary payment period ran from mid-June to mid-September. If you live outside Spain, set up a direct debit for the bill: a missed payment ends in surcharges and, later, enforcement.
The municipal capital gains tax (plusvalía municipal) taxes the increase in the value of the land when a property is transferred. In Marbella a rate of 29 % is applied to the taxable base. It is paid within 30 working days of the deed in a sale or gift, and within six months of the death in an inheritance, with the possibility of asking for another six. If you can show that you sold without a real gain, the bylaw allows you to pay on the actual gain instead of the objective method, and we deal with that before signing.
Inheriting a relative’s main home carries a reduction. For a spouse, children and parents, the bylaw reduces the tax according to the cadastral value of the house: 95 % up to 125,000 euros, 50 % up to 200,000 and 20 % up to 300,000. It requires that it was the deceased’s main home for at least their last two years and that it is requested when the return is filed, within the deadline. A late request is considered out of time.
Tax services for owners and businesses in Marbella
The tax planning of your assets is done with knowledge of the rules in force and attention to each account: keeping track of deadlines, keeping the documents in order and a clear result. The subject is technical, but the relationship with the client is close, and we explain the accounting and tax side without jargon.
These are the most frequent assignments in the area. Each one is handled by the adviser who studies your case.
Income tax for residents
Income in Spain and abroad, properties let or sold, assets outside Spain and corrections to earlier years.
Form 210 (non-residents)
This is the return for someone who owns a home in Marbella but is tax resident in another country.
Selling a home
Capital gain, municipal capital gains tax and the withholding applied to the buyer when a non-resident sells.
Inheritance and gifts
Andalusian tax and municipal capital gains tax, with the lawyers in the team.
Self-employed and companies
VAT, quarterly personal income tax (IRPF) and corporation tax for service, property and tourism businesses.
Tax office requests
If a review letter has reached you, we study it and reply on time.
British and Nordic owners with a home in Marbella: what changes depending on your country
The country where you are tax resident decides the rate and the expenses you can deduct. The Tax Agency applies 19 % to residents of the European Union, Iceland and Norway, and 24 % to the rest. A Swedish, Danish, Finnish or Norwegian owner falls in the first group. A British owner, since Brexit, in the second.
What has to be declared also changes depending on how the house is used. An empty home, or one kept for your own use, generates imputed income, equal to 2 % of the cadastral value, or 1.1 % when the municipality’s cadastral revision is from the last ten years. A let home is taxed on what is collected: someone resident in the EU or the EEA deducts the expenses they can justify, by providing the certificate of tax residence, and the rest pay on the gross income. On a sale, the gain made is declared.
We file Form 210 for you and, if you owe earlier years, we regularise them before a notice arrives. There is more detail on our page on non-resident taxes in Marbella. →
Holiday lets in Marbella: what is declared
Seasonal letting is common in the area, and the income is declared. What changes is the type of taxpayer: a resident includes it in their income tax return; a non-resident declares it on Form 210 as set out above.
Separate from this are the obligations of the property itself, which are not tax matters. The Junta de Andalucía requires registration in the Tourism Register and, since 1 July 2025, the platforms also ask for the Single Rental Registry number (Registro Único de Arrendamientos), which the Land Registry assigns. These registrations are outside what we do, and if you need them we will say so from the start. Our part is the tax side.
Tax office, Land Registry and town hall in Marbella: what each one is responsible for
The Tax Agency has an office (Administración) in Marbella, at Avenida Jacinto Benavente, 27. You do not need to go: we file almost everything online and represent you.
Marbella has several Land Registries (Registros de la Propiedad), numbered, and the one that covers your home depends on where the property is. The deed or the simple registry extract (nota simple) shows it. If an inheritance or a sale has to be registered, we coordinate it with the notary and with whoever is handling the deed. →
IBI and municipal capital gains tax are managed by Marbella town hall itself, and the bylaws change every year. We review them before each transaction, not after.
“
A typical case: a Norwegian couple's home in Nueva Andalucía
A Norwegian couple have owned an apartment in Nueva Andalucía for ten years. They use it in winter and let it for a few weeks in summer. They declared the rent in Norway, not in Spain, and now they want to sell.
First we check which years are missing and how much is due in each, with the expenses their residence allows them to deduct. We file the overdue Forms 210 and, before the sale is signed, we calculate the municipal capital gains tax and the withholding on the buyer. Everything is done by video call and digital signature, without them having to come back before the deed.
Common questions about a tax adviser in Marbella
Is your situation not covered here? Tell us about it on WhatsApp and a tax adviser will reply.
Are you based in Marbella?
No. We work from La Línea de la Concepción. We work with clients in Marbella by video call, or in person if they come to La Línea.
Do you only handle paperwork?
We cover the tax ground that many people expect from a gestoría in Marbella: income tax, Form 210, quarterly VAT and personal income tax, corporation tax and the Junta de Andalucía forms. Payroll and monthly accounting are left out; if someone already handles them, we work alongside them.
Can I do everything online if I live outside Spain?
Yes. With your documents and a digital signature or a power of representation, we file for you. You do not need to travel.
How does a British owner pay tax on a home in Marbella?
As a non-resident outside the EU, you pay 24 %. On imputed income if the house is empty, on what you collect if you let it, and on the gain if you sell. We study it with your real situation.
And an owner from Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Norway?
You fall in the 19 % rate for living in the EU or the EEA. If you let the home, you can deduct expenses with supporting documents and a certificate of tax residence.
Am I tax resident if I spend half the year in Marbella?
The days you spend here count, as do the place where your economic interests are and where your family is. If you stay more than 183 days in a calendar year, as a general rule you are considered resident in Spain. We analyse it with your specific details.
What happens if I did not declare my home in earlier years?
It can be fixed through a regularisation. Surcharges and interest grow over time, so it is best done soon. We find out which years are outstanding and file them before the Tax Agency gets there first.
Can you also handle the inheritance or the purchase of my home in Marbella?
Yes. As we are lawyers as well as tax advisers, we handle the whole matter, from the first document to the last tax: inheritance lawyers in Marbella and property lawyers in Marbella.
Other tax services
Shall we talk about your taxes in Marbella?
Tell us about your case by WhatsApp or by filling in the form, and we will tell you which taxes affect you and what to do next.
Office in La Línea de la Concepción. We work with you online or in person.
C/ Cervantes 2, entreplanta, despacho 4 · 11300 La Línea de la Concepción
WhatsApp 652 948 572 · 956 174 981 · pablo@asesoriaserra.es