Am I missing the point......?Spanish tax

[lovezoo]

Deleted User and others have so far referred to Mat Tax on charter boats. Lets not forget the matriculation tax applies to ANY person who stays in spain more the 183 days, they then deem you to be a resident for fiscal reasons and you must registar you cars boats and planes and pay the 12% mat tax, regarless of size.

Another reason why so many have left.

If you bring your tax-paid car, boat, plane with you from another EU country you can register it within (IIRC) 6 months and there is no mat tax to pay. After that you are stuffed.