Tax – Companies

Comprehensive business consulting and management

Vives Pons lawyers and accountants has a highly specialized team in advising and managing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), providing significant added value to the company’s decision-making processes. Our team of professionals is committed to ensuring compliance with all formal obligations across all areas of the business, including tax, labor, accounting, and commercial law.

Our experience for more than 20 years has been rewarded with a high level of customer loyalty, to whom we provide tailored solutions based on comprehensive and personalized advice.

Tax advice

In the business world, a transaction can be affected by several taxes simultaneously. At Vives Pons lawyers and accountants, we analyze any potential tax implications or risks with you beforehand to help you make better decisions.

Vives Pons lawyers and accountants provides the following tax advisory services:

Preliminary advice on the most suitable legal structure for conducting business.
Tax planning for transactions to minimize the tax burden.
Ongoing advice on all new tax legislation and changes, as well as resolving any questions the client may have.
Preparation and filing of quarterly and monthly tax returns and annual summaries.
Tax audits: assistance, defense, responses to inquiries, assessments, and appeals for all taxes within our scope of practice before any tax authority.

Establishment of foreign companies in Spain

There are several ways for a foreign company to establish itself in Spain. The most common methods are through a representative office, branches, and subsidiaries, although others exist, such as distribution and cooperation agreements with Spanish companies (temporary joint ventures, economic interest groupings), operations through agents or commission agents, franchises, etc.

At Vives Pons lawyers and accountants, we are experts in subsidiaries and other types of entities, which require different procedures for their legalization and start-up, as well as various tax and commercial obligations.

We help you establish and manage them, advising you at each stage:

Parent company agreement
Application for subsidiary name
Establishment of bank deposit
Signing of the public deed of incorporation and drafting of articles of association
Obtaining a provisional Tax Identification Number (NIF)
Settlement of Transfer Tax and Stamp Duty
Registration in the Mercantile Registry
Application for a definitive Tax Identification Number
Declaration in the Foreign Investment Registry
Accounting and filing of financial statements
Taxation and double taxation treaties

Employment advice

Our multidisciplinary team of lawyers, economists, tax specialists, and other professionals is our greatest competitive advantage when it comes to analyzing your company’s labor relations from different perspectives. This allows us to offer comprehensive, customized, and highly effective solutions.

Vives Pons lawyers and accountants offers you, among others, the following services:

Labor law advice and management for companies
Salary cost reports
Dismissals and workforce adjustment plans
Wage claims
Conciliation proceedings before the SMAC and other bodies
Labor courts
Jurisdictional and administrative appeals
Advice and assistance during labor inspections
Contracts, payroll, and social security

Accounting advice

Accounting is vital for decision-making in a company, so the entrepreneur must be fully committed to keeping the company’s daily management up-to-date, thus allowing them to correctly decide and plan their business strategies.

Vives Pons lawyers and accountants offers the following accounting services:

Updating of overdue accounts
Accounting, year-end closing, and official books
Quarterly balance sheets
Legalization of accounting books at the Mercantile
Registry
Preparation and filing of annual accounts

Business consulting

Our team offers you a significant competitive advantage over other firms, thanks to our multidisciplinary service structure. We have in-depth knowledge of the business landscape and the interconnectedness of its various areas (tax, accounting, and labor), allowing us to offer you a solution that is not only legal but, fundamentally, business-oriented.

Vives Pons lawyers and accountants offers the following services: