Tax return

marcliff wrote:Then the person doing your tax return has put the government pension in the wrong box on the return.
They have put it into taxable income instead of already taxed income.
Sorry, can't remember the number of the box which the government pension should be entered but it has happened to people several times.

Government service pensions paid to retired members of the fire service, police, civil servants, armed forces and local authorities are exempt from Spanish tax. Under the new treaty the amount of the pension is still exempt but must be included when calculating how much tax is due in Spain. This could have the effect of pushing any other income – perhaps from investments and rent – into a higher tax bracket meaning you’d have to pay more tax in Spain.