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SPANISH WILL

If you have got a property in Spain it is both quicker and easier to do the probate if there is a Spanish Will to implement than if there is only an English Will or to have to apply the rules of intestacy.

It is not obligatory to have a Spanish Will. Many people die without ever having made a Will. The problem is that for many people the rules of intestacy, ie the rules relating to where a deceased's person's movable and immovable property goes to on dying, are often neither desirable nor desired.

Furthermore, making a Spanish Will can assist in lowering the amount of Spanish inheritance taxes that might be payable.

For a very simple bilingual English-Spanish Will for a single person the cost includes fees of £250.00 for drafting it, with no VAT payable on top because Anglo-Spanish Law is not VAT registered, plus £75.00 notarisation fee, plus £35.50 payable to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, plus registered / signed for post at approximately £10.00.

For a very simple bilingual English-Spanish Will for a married couple wanting to do more or less mirror Wills, the cost includes the fees £350.00 for drafting them, with no VAT on top because Anglo-Spanish Law is not VAT registered, plus a notarisation fee for both documents of £100.00, plus £56.00 payable to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, plus registered / signed for post at approximately £10.00.

The above fees include the cost of being given some very brief advice on Spanish inheritance taxes and obligatory heirs lasting a few minutes.

Some people would like detailed advice on Spanish inheritance taxes, and such advice has to be given at the competitive hourly rate of £65.00 an hour with no VAT on top that needs to be added on top of the above fees.

Advice on Spanish succession law, including obligatory heirs, is charged as a separate item on top of the fixed fees quoted above and charged at the competitive hourly rate of £65.00 an hour with no VAT on top.

It is often difficult to strike a balance between giving clear, up front, costs estimates, or even a fixed fee quote, and the amount of work that has to be done. It is regrettable, but in the past too many people quoted a fixed fee have then taken the opportunity to demand literally days of work on complicated testamentary dispositions and/or legal advice on Spanish succession law and practice. The work can be done, but it'll have to be paid for. In the vast, vast, majority of Spanish Wills the total cost of a single Spanish Will is £370.00 and for two Spanish Wills done at the same time £530.00, and no extra charge is made for the brief advice given on Spanish inheritance taxes and the issue of obligatory heirs.

Getting a Spanish Will done can be a reasonably quick job taking just a few weeks or, even, in an emergency, days from when instructions are received.

Being able to get a Spanish Will done in England can be an extremely valuable service for people stuck in England & Wales through age or ill-health. Travelling is charged at a very competitive £35.00 an hour with no VAT on top.

Phone Mr Wagner on 01433-631508, preferably between 9.30 am and 2.00 pm Monday to Friday, for detailed written terms and conditions of business to be sent to you.

The job of doing Spanish Wills is done in Mr Wagner's capacity as an English notary regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. For more details click Home page.

For those interested in the topic, Mr Wagner Jr researched English and Spanish Succession Law and Practice, plus gave suggestions for reform. His dissertation for the masters degree awarded in 2006 is to be found as a pdf document entitled "A comparison of English and Spanish succession law and practice: suggestions for reform of the English model" Click on the link.

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