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Fiona, I'm really not sure if your hair has been pulled a little tight today or something, but Yegua in Argentine is a female horse, god knows I have heard it screamed as yegua de mierda! thousands of times on the yard, and as far as I have ever heard, coger is pronounced the same in both dialects, with a slightly soft "jota"

Now I admit, it prolly wasnt the funniest thing ever typed on a computer, but its really lost any sense of humour now hun!

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Yeah babeh, same said for you matey, good to see you, is life treating you a little better?

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No problem.

I guess the advice is to research Spain as much as possible if you want to set up a business in Spain, by in Spain I mean actually in the community.

Most home IT workers tend to move across the EU, they only rely on internet availability.

But always have a plan B, if you suddenly become unemployed what can you do.

The language is important, but there are many who arrive in the costa`s and manage, how well they live and hour secure it is depends on luck.

The best way i find to move anywhere is to first have a job and the skills required to do the job.

If you cannot communicate well enough in an interview, forget moving to Spain or any non english speaking country.

You may survive for a year or two, but you`ll be extremely lucky to last longer, but it all depends on what you want out of life.

Its not an easy choice without the 2 basic bits of advice i`ve given.

Especially since learning a language in a country that you cannot practice in is not easy and takes time.

Having said that if you really want it enough, its possible.

You could stop watching UK tv, get TVE Internacional on your sat and read only Spanish newspapers and books and only communicate with your family in Spanish at home, spending every spare hour learning Spanish.

Just goin to a lesson for 2 hrs a week will not get you very far.

As for being Autonomo in Spain, you`ve just added probably the hardest way of being an expat in Spain.Running a business in any country is dependant on your business skills, planning, finance, networking etc etc.

You cannot simply go to the bank, gain a loan and expect clients to come to you, although many do, they tend to fail in the first year or two.

Although there are many UK cowboys in Spain.Again depends on what you want in life, a success or simply getting by on scraps.

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Please please please please please stay on topic. I had to remove threads, and I dont like doing it. And if you're unhappy about it pm me, dont post on here and take it off again
Thanks for your cooperation

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Thanks for all this, very usefull, I didn't actually come on here looking for people to say how brilliant my plan was, and I would be living the dream within a year in a huge villa !:D So I do appreciate a bit of honesty, anything else in the context of an overseas move would be dangerous to say the least ! :)

Good news on the language front though, have found a Spanish club in London to go and practice with, they seem to have more faith in my language abilitie's than I do !:thumbup:

Still unsure of what to do for a living, am somewhat tending towards the internet, with starting up BEFORE we move to Spain to see if it's a goer or not.

Is there any one on here who make's a living on the internet, who could perhap's offer advice ?

Also if the internet business is serving the UK market, what would be my tax liabilities in Spain, or do I pay in the UK only ?

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Doesnt matter which country you are serving. If you are a tax resident here then in general you pay tax on your worldwide income here

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Haven't UK & Spain a reciprocal tax agreement so any payments made here are offset against liabilities there, & vice versa?

(.... & don't forget wealth tax even though it's currently set at zero rate. Could yet rear its ugly head?)

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Yes theres a reciprocal agreement which means you dont pay tax twice for sure, but in general you pay tax in your country of tax residency. There are the odd exceptions, as there always are

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Yes, but it only applies to tax correctly paid in the UK under the specific conditions of the Double Taxation Treaty which is also paid in Spain. Similarly the same applies the other way round.

It is certainly not a licence to pay tax in the country of your choice.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/dtmanual/DT17623.htm

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It`ll be a lot easier to take it too Spain from the UK than try to set up in Spain.

For sure.

There are international web manufacturers in Spain, mainly doin internet gambling, Gibraltar has a few.

Its specialized area though, not something you pick up.Web building is becoming easier to do at home, most build there own sites then take to a marketing company who will optimise the site to gain position in search engines, again though its specialized.

But good luck, sometimes opportunities can present in the most unlikely times.