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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
It's Friday, then Saturday Sunday.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Are you ready.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
Helping people who are holiday and working in Spain. It's
the Right Way with David Right.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
One seven.

Speaker 4 (00:37):
Tune in now and join the plane.

Speaker 5 (00:45):
Very good afternoon, and welcome to the Right Way with
me David right here on El Maria Radio or one
oh seven point five FM. And a big thank you
as always to John alex Air. Thank you John for
keeping us entertaining this aften and have a great weekend.
Very warm here today again in Almmeria, thirty three degrees.
Here's been out on the motor by to day and
it's lovely out there. What's it like where you are today?

Speaker 6 (01:08):
Okay?

Speaker 5 (01:08):
More tips and advice on living and working Spain coming
up on my show today, and a very special guest.
I've got Alejandro Salvador from Salvador tax On Legal. Aleijandro
is the honorary British Consulate for alm Maria. He's going
to be giving us Brits here some good news, so listening.
That's coming up a little bit later on in the
show Today, David Burry and Queen Now under pressure.

Speaker 7 (01:31):
Right, David Right, David Right, David, David, David.

Speaker 6 (01:35):
The Afternoon Show.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
Comments section is open. Shad Li to the DJ right
now via our website and here he is legendary Davis Na.

Speaker 5 (01:49):
Yeah, the comments section has rebooted. Come and say hi,
Come and keep me company this afternoon.

Speaker 6 (01:53):
Good afternoon.

Speaker 5 (01:54):
You are on the nine out of ten for effort there.
Well done, Sylvia, Very good to see you again, Sylvia.
How are you doing over there? You've got all your
PaperWorks sorted out yet?

Speaker 6 (02:03):
And Barry, how are you doing?

Speaker 8 (02:04):
Mate?

Speaker 5 (02:04):
On your trip traveling around the World's a bit you're
loving it where you are now tell us a little
bit about that in a comment section. Yeah, loads more
tips and advice on living and working in Spain today.
And did you see in the news this week Benidorm
voted the best place in Spain for bricks to retire
at the moment.

Speaker 6 (02:20):
So one of the reasons for that is.

Speaker 5 (02:21):
The great healthcare access up there, loads of facilities and
of course the great weather and a big British community.
So what do you think is Benidorm the best place
in Spain or do you know something better? That was
Harry Styles and Martin Jensen and yeah, loads more tips
and advice today. Now I've got the British concert coming in.
He's going to be giving us some news for British

(02:43):
property owners here in Spain. A bit of good news,
I think it is as well. So some new rule changes,
So listening for that. That's coming up in about twenty
minutes time. And yeah, Sylvia says, anyone else having delays
with their paperwork, She's having some complications with paperwork called
time delays. Yeah, it's something you get used to a
little bit here in Spain. It's very, very frustrating waiting

(03:04):
for paperwork to come through.

Speaker 6 (03:06):
It just takes so long.

Speaker 5 (03:08):
Here in Spain.

Speaker 6 (03:09):
It's crazy.

Speaker 5 (03:10):
There's no need for it, really, but there go some
of the administration here in Spain. And trust me, I
know because my wife works for local government here and
are seeing it from the inside and it is just
ridiculous amount of paperwork and why it takes so long here.
The thing is really, you know, without going into details,
it's very political here in Spain. Different positions in his authority, buildings,

(03:32):
government buildings, it's all political. You get put in positions
even if you don't know the work. You know that
you're doing. For example, a friend of a friend of
a friend. Let's just say, was the mayor of a
local town here for about twelve years, and then when
there's a change in the political parties, he was put
in charge of the healthcare system in and Lucia.

Speaker 6 (03:53):
Absolutely crazy.

Speaker 5 (03:54):
He had no idea about anything to do with the
health He was in a very small, remote village here
in the hills as the mayor, and then he was
put in that position. That's how it works here, the
political system. They put these people into power and they
have to run whole departments and sometimes it's huge departments,
and with a very very little.

Speaker 6 (04:11):
Idea on how to do it.

Speaker 5 (04:12):
So, yeah, the administration here in Spain is slow. To
give you an idea how slow sometimes. I mean when
I was waiting for my paperwork to have my house
built here for the planning permission, everything was all ready
to go. We're just waiting for them to review the plans,
and they said it would take about two months. It
took eight months. Can you imagine sitting there waiting on

(04:33):
a plot of land, waiting to lay the bricks, waiting
to do some digging, and you have to wait eight months.
It is really frustrating. I know here in Spain. The
one thing I have learned though, is if you go
and keep a pastoring these people, you know, taking names
as well, you know, what is your name? Tell me
your name again, and things like that, so you're sort
of holding them accountable and be polite, always be Poliit.

Speaker 6 (04:54):
Is no other ways around it.

Speaker 5 (04:55):
And then you know, just by taking names and keep
going and being persistent, sometimes they get a bit peeed
off with you and you might get things done a
little bit quicker. That's just my tip for him.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
David Wright help and advice for living and working in Spain.
You're listening to the right way, the right way with
David Wright.

Speaker 5 (05:20):
Very good afternoon, the Carol joining us in the comment
section and John I lost jeezwel afternoon, John O.

Speaker 6 (05:25):
The comment section is open. Come and join me, Come
and say hi. This afternoon.

Speaker 5 (05:28):
In about five ten minutes time, got Alejandro Salvador from
Sevendor tax On Legal. He is the honorary British Consulate
for al Moria. Alijndro and I've been friends for twenty
three years now and he's been giving me lots of
great help and information for British people here. It's got
a bit of good news for British people coming up
a little bit later on the show, so listen out
for that.

Speaker 6 (05:47):
That's all coming up very very shortly.

Speaker 9 (05:52):
You're listening to the Right Way with David Wright in
the afternoon on al Maria Radio one I seven point
five FMS. The comment section is open, so come see
hi to David right now.

Speaker 5 (06:07):
You're listening to the Right Way with me David right
here on al Maria Rado one O seven point five
f M. I've got lots of experts over the years
here that have been helping me with my information and
giving my listeners information and free consultations. Now, when was
the last time you had a review of your pensions
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(06:28):
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(06:53):
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and he could probably save you a lot of money.
So go and speak to Josh Williams. Their links over
in the description box. Now, okay, let's have a little
Spanish one.

Speaker 1 (07:09):
Now the afternoon show David Wright, Help and Advice but
living and working in Spain. You're listening to the Right Way,
the Right Way with David.

Speaker 5 (07:19):
Right, Okay, So we've got a special guest on the
show to though. We've got Alejandro Salvador from Salvador, Tax
and Illegal and as many of you listeners know, Alejandro
is the honorary British Consulate for al Maria.

Speaker 6 (07:36):
Hi, Alejandro, can you hear me? Okay?

Speaker 2 (07:38):
Yeah, yeah, thanks for having me and yourself.

Speaker 5 (07:42):
Great and Alejandro, So tell us a little bit about this.
I thought of some rule changes, but it's actually it's
a bit more important than that, isn't it.

Speaker 8 (07:50):
Yeah, it's pretty important and it's a big change and
it could be a very good thing for those that
are rented the properties in Spain, but they don't here.
The situation is that those from outside the Union, especially
British since Brexit, that I have properties in Spain and

(08:11):
they were rented since the size. Since Brexit, they were
not able to deduct the cause of the tax return that.

Speaker 2 (08:22):
They incur when they were renting the property. You know,
when you earn the property, you can't you will pay
the EBIT.

Speaker 8 (08:28):
Tax rubbish, I mean cleaning, the services of a job agent,
all those costs could not be deducted deducted before because
they said being from outside open didn't have the same.

Speaker 2 (08:45):
Right st those as those from inside from the Union.
So someone that wasn't happy with that situation went against
the tax office against Spain for that in the High Court.

Speaker 8 (08:59):
Byinally he won't, she won't and the outcome the result
is that we can apply the reduction the cost for
those even.

Speaker 2 (09:12):
If you are from outside the Union, which will reduce
the tax. Build a lot.

Speaker 8 (09:18):
For those that are rented properties and are not living
in Spain.

Speaker 5 (09:23):
Yeah, so this is of this could affect a lot
of British people with property here in Spain.

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Then that's correct. Yeah.

Speaker 8 (09:29):
Another good thing is that this is not ending. Oh,
this is not just going to happen this year. For
those that they've been paying this this or not been
able to the dark course, we could go four years
back and claim this money back for those that they
have been paying twenty four percent just on the on

(09:52):
the rental because they were not.

Speaker 2 (09:54):
Able to do that the course on the property.

Speaker 8 (09:57):
On the rental property, we could applied for a refund
of the last four years because in the stain, when
you know that you have the right to get something,
you can go four years back. So it's also good
news and you can you know, get that good important
anot of money.

Speaker 5 (10:13):
Well, that's quite that could be quite a lot of money.
Then if you've had a property here, been renting it
for the last four years or so and not being
able to climb all that money back, and now you can,
that could add up to quite a lot of money.

Speaker 8 (10:23):
Yeah, imagine a rental of I don't know, let's to
make it sacked ten thousand years in total, you will
be paying twenty four percent. You will be paying twenty
four hundred years every year, which is a lot. Now
with the reduction of the cost, you will pay much
less because as I said, you could deduct the can
see the tax rubbish, did your agent, if you paint,

(10:48):
if you clean it.

Speaker 2 (10:49):
So all the all the costs that you.

Speaker 8 (10:53):
You suffer you get when you are renting the property.

Speaker 2 (10:57):
You can't do that in your an autopsual terms that
you do every year.

Speaker 6 (11:01):
Brilliant.

Speaker 5 (11:01):
Well that's great now, so but people will probably need
help with this when they climbing it back. So this
is a service that you can offer listeners.

Speaker 2 (11:08):
Yeah, yeah, of course.

Speaker 8 (11:10):
At my office about tax lele we normally were submitting
the way we were forced in the past.

Speaker 2 (11:16):
But since this year that.

Speaker 8 (11:18):
We were starting to submit this year, I need to
be submitted before the end of this year for twenty
twenty four, we will we are going to apply this
not new rule because it's not a new rule. It's
the resolution of the high core and those are unteristed
in claiming these four years back.

Speaker 2 (11:40):
We could also we could also apply for this refund.

Speaker 8 (11:42):
So it's very good news and people will say so
a lot of money.

Speaker 6 (11:47):
Yeah, yeah, great, brilliant. Okay, we'll stand alone movies, Alexandra,
We'll be back right after this.

Speaker 1 (11:54):
David Wright, Health and advice. But living and working in Spain,
you're listening to the right way with David Right.

Speaker 6 (12:02):
Good afternoon.

Speaker 5 (12:03):
Chris joined us in a comments section, so live today
on my show, I've got Alejandro Salvador from several door
tax and Legal.

Speaker 6 (12:09):
Alejandro is the honorary.

Speaker 5 (12:10):
British consert for al Maria and a good friend of
mine and we've been Hello.

Speaker 6 (12:15):
Have we known each other now, Alejandre?

Speaker 5 (12:16):
It's about twenty two years or so, I believe, yes,
a lot.

Speaker 6 (12:21):
A long time.

Speaker 5 (12:22):
I haven't been to the football for a while, so
maybe we need to get together again in the football.
So that was quite an event, was it?

Speaker 8 (12:28):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (12:28):
First time I went to watch the football with you
and al Maria one unbelievable but there you go. Okay, So, Alejandra,
a lot of questions I've had this week about, you know,
the delays in the renewal of the visas and this
is a bit of a problem for the British people,
but it's not just for British people, it's everybody. Can
you just tell us a little about why this is
and what's going on?

Speaker 2 (12:48):
Yeah, yeah, of course I can explain. What's something.

Speaker 8 (12:50):
The thing is that when you need to renew your
tie your residency before you get to your permanent residence,
you need to go to the Foreign Office and put
again your finer prints.

Speaker 2 (13:03):
And for that we need to ask foreign appointments.

Speaker 8 (13:07):
The thing is that they are not in appointments at
the Foreign Office to cover the needs of all the
British the same any one from outside the Union who
needs to apply for this for this cis Apparently there

(13:27):
is a problem that someone is doing like a software
which takes all the appointments and appointments are sold in
some kind of market that we are not.

Speaker 2 (13:41):
We don't know.

Speaker 8 (13:42):
I think people normal people are trying to get appointments.

Speaker 2 (13:45):
It's impossible to get one.

Speaker 8 (13:47):
For example, we we this morning was a very strange
day because we took like four appointments, but we have
a queue of hundreds of people.

Speaker 2 (14:00):
Waiting for for that appointment.

Speaker 8 (14:03):
And you also tell people not to think it's something
that needs to be done, but not to worry in
excess about that because because they are not going to
complaing to be illegal from the moment, they don't get
that thing because we the application is really submitted, so

(14:25):
they won't get the tie and that they are going
to get new but they need to continue the expire
t I and explain whether the situation is something that
nothing is going to happen. And also some allow people
are worried about traveling and so on. What I tell

(14:46):
people again is that if the police stops the ball
there and they said that this expired, what they could
do is just get something the passport, and that's it.
It's not going to and no one is going to
forbid you to enter in Spain just because you have
your expired TA.

Speaker 5 (15:07):
So I will not okay, so as long as i've that,
as long as I've applied for it, then once I've
applied for it, that's okay. So they shouldn't have too
much to worry about.

Speaker 8 (15:17):
Correct, you can't do too much prior to to the
end or after, So it's not such a such a
big deal. As long as you will apply for it,
you know, on time, not having the apartment to get
the fingerpels, it's not such a big thing. Of course,
we understand that it's a stressful situation for people, and

(15:38):
we try to explain what's happening. But yeah, it's a
difficult time also for us because as I said, we
have a long, long queue of people waiting. It's very
very we get very few every week and we try
to give it to those that are already expired.

Speaker 5 (15:58):
Sure, okay, brilliant, Well, thank you very much for that
and thanks for the information Alejandra.

Speaker 6 (16:02):
Now, Alejandra, you've got offices I know.

Speaker 5 (16:04):
From more Haka and Maria all over the place at
the moment helping British people with all their taxes, finances,
visas and all sorts of things. So, and you know,
if people want to get in touch with Alejandro, all
you need to do is come over to my website
David Rye online dot com. You'll see links head to
the videos I've done with Alejandro given us loads of
information on all the things British people need when they're

(16:25):
living and working in Spain. So thank you for your time,
Aleijandra and all the help you've given us and the listeners.
I appreciate your time today. Thanks for joining us.

Speaker 2 (16:32):
You are very welcome, David, thanks.

Speaker 6 (16:34):
For a lot, have a great weekend.

Speaker 5 (16:36):
Cheers the Afternoon Show, David Wright help and advice but
living and working in Spain.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
You're listening to the right way, the right way with David.

Speaker 5 (16:49):
Right, Okay, So, Alejandro has just been talking to me
off there and he's, uh, we've arranged to meet next week.
I'm meeting him on Wednesday to do some more videos
with him. And if you've got any questions for Alejandro,
you can put your questions to him, give them to
me and I can ask him directly. Whether you want

(17:11):
to put a private question to him or make it public.
Let me have your questions and I can go and
speak to him direct with your questions. Anything to do
with living and working in Spain. You know how it works.
Alejandro's got some very very good contacts here.

Speaker 6 (17:24):
He gets his.

Speaker 5 (17:25):
Information from the British and the Spanish embassy almost daily now,
so very very good contact to have now. Alejandro also
said to me just before he went that this new
ruling that's for the properties in Spain, this goes back
four years with interest as well, and he said that,
you know, some of these new clients that are coming
up to him that they're claim going to be able

(17:47):
to claim back any of these expenses for the last
four years, including the interest on it as well. So
we're talking about a lot of money. So if you've
been renting a property out here in Spain over the
last four so years, then this could be a nice
little windfall for you, so get in touch with Alejandro.
It can tell you straight away a free consultation whether

(18:08):
this applies to you or not, and you could get
some nice Christmas money for this year. So yeah, any
more information on that coming out on my shows very
very soon. And as I say, I'm seeing him on
him on Wednesday to get some more information on this
and do a video about it. So come and check
it out. That will be posted live to my new website,

(18:29):
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and subscribe there.

Speaker 3 (18:35):
The after show section is open Shad live to the
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Speaker 5 (18:49):
So still very warm here in Amor. I got thirty
four degrees here.

Speaker 6 (18:53):
In Amory today.

Speaker 5 (18:54):
I'm near the airport where I am and very warm
out there, lovely weather. Starting Salsa dancing class is a
game very very soon here to get you in the mood.

Speaker 6 (19:02):
He's one from Ricky Martin.

Speaker 7 (19:06):
Live, David right, David Right, David David the afternoon Show,
Very good afternoon, Robbie joining us in the coment section
and Martin as well.

Speaker 6 (19:18):
Martin's join us and listening in from the San Francisco.
Also Haveer ben Veniz l Havevier. The show Havevier is in.

Speaker 5 (19:25):
Poland, so we've got all over the well listening in today.
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got me started on this teaching English to the Spanish course.

Speaker 6 (19:36):
You know Haveer. I've got another two.

Speaker 5 (19:38):
Students that they started, a thirteen and fourteen year old
starting with me next week hopefully.

Speaker 6 (19:43):
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Speaker 5 (19:45):
About learning how to make a little bit of extra
income here in Spain and British and you no experience
at all, then you can do this course that I
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(20:09):
It's a great way of getting some extra incomes. And
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I watched one of my kids the other day. He's
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had an exam and he came top in his class
ten year old in English. So it makes me feel

(20:29):
good that he's learned this what he's learned through me,
most of it through me the conversation side of it.

Speaker 6 (20:34):
So yeah, it's very good feather in your cap.

Speaker 5 (20:37):
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Speaker 6 (20:53):
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Speaker 4 (21:03):
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Speaker 5 (21:12):
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Speaker 6 (21:18):
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Speaker 5 (21:25):
A big thank you to everybody that's joined me on
the show today and a big thank you to my
special guest Alejandro Salvador, the British consulor now I am
meeting him on Wednesday next week and his offices. We're
going through some making some videos together, and this will
come up on my shows. It will come up the
information I share over on my private membership site, so

(21:47):
if you're not yet a member of that, please come in and.

Speaker 6 (21:49):
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Speaker 5 (21:50):
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There was lots of useful information there from not just
Alejandro and the Consulate. There's lots of information from my
health experts. I've got several top health experts here. I've
got a couple of good contexts in the hospitals here,
in the nursing system, and they give me some information

(22:12):
as well.

Speaker 6 (22:13):
That's all over there.

Speaker 5 (22:13):
You can hear the interviews with these people and see
what it's like here in the hospitals and the health
cover here in Spain, and get free quotes on medical
cover and insurance and things like that. Although of these
experts give lots of discounts from my listeners. Over on
my website, it's David wrightonline dot com, so please come
and check it out.

Speaker 6 (22:32):
There is a lot of information there.

Speaker 5 (22:34):
If you think about movingto Spain, or you're already living
in Spain, it's best to stay in the know, keep
up with all the latest tips and information, and what
Alejandra gave us today was very valuable indeed, because if
you've been renting a property out in Spain over the
last four years, you could get a lot of money back,
all your expenses back, including the interest as well, thanks
to Alejandra there. And if you need any help with

(22:55):
that or any other information, then go over to my
site and there's links there to all the experts. You
can see exactly what they do and how they can
help you on my website. Thanks for listening and have
a great weekend.

Speaker 8 (23:20):
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