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UK Civil Service pensions have always been ‘taxed at source’ and disregarded by countries with whom the UK had a Double Taxation Treaty. Hacienda in Spain signed up to the Treaty, but recently spotted Article 22, Section 1 b): Where in accordance with any provision of the Convention income derived or capital owned by a resident in Spain is exempt from tax in Spain, Spain may nevertheless, in calculating the amount of tax on the remaining income (or capital) of such resident, take into account the exempted income or capital. In a cáscara de nuez it means the rate of tax paid by the resident of Spain on other available income (house, savings, etc) will be at a substantially higher rate to compensate. Heads they win . . . . . .
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SUPREME COURT DENIES REFERENDUM VOTE TO EXPATS
Despite the Referendum Act 2015 giving every Brit the right to vote, David Cameron withdrew that right from people not living in the UK people MOST affected by an IN or OUT vote. Harry Schindler in Italy, (who fought in the World War for the UK) and Jccqueline MacLennan in Brussels mounted a legal challenge through the High Court and Supreme Court, but lost despite both admitting that the interpetation of David
Cameron was illegal. The Act is INCLUSIVE, but David Cameron (who claims he cannot amend EU Law) decided to restrict the vote of people who had exercised their right to relocate within theEU. and disenfranchised them. Most Brits in Spain pay applicable UK taxes, but that is not good enough for Panamanian investor David Cameron, to give Brits in Spain the right to vote in the country of their birth. Double standards seem to be the norm.
THE regional government plan to introduce a deposit return system for bottles and drink containers, like we had in the UK 60 years ago. Customers will pay a 10cent deposit which will be returned when they return glass and plastic bottles, tins and tetra brik containers, explained Elena Cebrian, who heads the Generalitat’s Environment, Climate Change and Rural Affairs department. Councillor Doris Courcelles successfully promoted recycling in separate
containers, as a way of reducing the amount charged for waste collection. The scheme was trialjed more than 20 years ago in Germany where 99 per cent of bottles and containers are returned and practically all are recycled. The project is planned to start in 2018. Shops and supermarkets will receive two cents for every bottle and container they accept and store, while another two cents will go to the companies that pick them up.
Valencia propose Bottle Deposit to punish Jávea recycling campaign
Nº 38
June/July 2016
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When is your vote - a lost vote?
Having promised in his 2010 Election Manifesto to give EVERY British Citizen a vote, regardless of where they lived and for how long, David Cameron renaged on his commitment, but pushed through same-sex marriage which was not mentioned in the Conservative Manifesto. Spain - where Brits have no right to vote in General Elections - has a Constitution, where no new legislation can become Law until it has been approved as complying with the Constitution by the Constitutional Court. Even if you received Voting Papers from the UK and sent them
back in an envelope on which you put 1.55€ of postage, your vote will be delivered and counted. BUT, if you posted your vote back in a reply-paid envelope like this
it will be destroyed by Correos because it was intended for INTERNAL use in the UK. There is an international envelope but voters are unsure which was sent to them from the UK.
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