English-Speaking Accountants in Spain
Advisors in Spain handles bookkeeping and reporting for SMEs and foreign-owned companies, including VAT, corporate tax and annual accounts, alongside autonomo bookkeeping, gestoria paperwork and personal tax filing.
Every case starts with the qualification form below. Describe your situation, and an English-speaking accountant or gestor who already handles that exact type of filing takes your case, in English or Spanish, whichever you are most comfortable in. The accountant handling your case runs your filings from the first reply onward.
The accountant handling your case explains the paperwork in English or Spanish before you sign anything, whether the case is a personal Renta return, quarterly bookkeeping as an autonomo, or a company's annual accounts.
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Who Needs an English-Speaking Accountant in Spain
- You need an English-speaking accountant in Spain if you file a non-resident tax return, run a company that needs annual accounts filed, work as an autonomo, or want a gestor who explains Spanish paperwork in English or Spanish before you sign anything.
- SMEs and foreign-owned companies need books kept to Spanish standards, recurring tax filings coordinated and annual accounts prepared for approval and filing at the Registro Mercantil.
- Autonomos need quarterly VAT and income-tax filings kept current: Modelo 130 and Modelo 303 are due four times a year, and missing one compounds into a bigger problem at the next deadline.
- Company directors need annual accounts prepared, approved and filed on the Registro Mercantil calendar, plus the corporate filings that run alongside it.
- Non-residents with rental or imputed-income property need routine Modelo 210 filings kept up to date, separate from any tax-planning question about the property itself.
A case that needs tax planning, a residency change or an investment-sale strategy is better served by a tax advisor than by ongoing bookkeeping. See tax advisors in Spain for planning and complex or cross-border returns.
What's Included When You Work With an Accountant
Your accountant or gestor handles every item below directly. Fees vary by case complexity, and you get a quote in writing before any work starts.
- Personal income tax return and gestoria paperwork. Renta (IRPF) filing, padron letters and routine correspondence with Hacienda get handled on your behalf. Have an accountant file your Renta return.
- Autonomo bookkeeping and quarterly filings. Modelo 130 income tax and Modelo 303 VAT get filed every quarter, and your books stay current between deadlines. See our guide on choosing between autonomo and SL, or have an accountant handle your quarterly filings.
- VAT (IVA) registration and periodic filing. Registration runs through the Agencia Tributaria's Modelo 036 census declaration, followed by the periodic Modelo 303 returns it triggers. Read our VAT in Spain guide, or have an accountant register you for VAT.
- Company annual accounts and the corporate filings calendar. Cuentas anuales, Modelo 200 corporate tax and Modelo 347 third-party operations reporting all get prepared and filed on schedule. Full payroll and Social Security registration sit on our dedicated payroll page and are not duplicated here. Have an accountant handle your company's annual filings.
- A fiscal representative for non-residents. Some non-resident filings work best with a named local contact for Hacienda to deal with directly. Ask about fiscal representation as part of your case.
What You'll Need to Provide
- NIE or NIF
- Your Spanish tax ID number, or your company's, is the starting point for any filing; almost nothing else can be submitted without one.
- Padron certificate
- Where you are resident in Spain, the certificate proving your registered address at the town hall usually accompanies a personal filing.
- Prior-year Spanish return
- Where one exists, the previous year's return gives the accountant the figures a new filing carries forward, such as pending losses or asset values.
- Invoices and bank statements
- Autonomo bookkeeping runs from your issued and received invoices plus your business bank statements for the period being filed.
- Incorporation deed and prior annual accounts
- Corporate clients bring the company's escritura de constitucion and, once one exists, the last set of filed annual accounts.
How the Process Works
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You submit the qualification form
A few questions cover the service you need, your timeline and your situation. Answering them submits a request to Advisors in Spain; nothing goes to Hacienda yet.
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An accountant or gestor takes on your case
The accountant or gestor who handles your filing type, whether personal, autonomo or corporate, takes on your case directly.
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You confirm the scope with your accountant
The accountant reviews your situation directly with you, in English or Spanish, and confirms exactly which filings and documents your case needs.
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Documents get collected
Your NIE, prior returns, invoices or incorporation documents get gathered before any filing or bookkeeping setup starts.
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Filing or bookkeeping setup begins
The accountant files the return that is due, or sets up the recurring bookkeeping your case needs going forward.
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Ongoing correspondence with Hacienda, as needed
Letters, requests for further information and routine queries from the tax authority get handled by the accountant, so you are not the one translating and answering them.
Timing: What to Expect and What Causes Delays
By the 20th of the month after each quarter
The Modelo 130 and Modelo 303 deadline for autonomos. Personal returns and company accounts follow their own annual windows, below.
What delays it
Three filing rhythms run side by side. The annual Renta (IRPF) campaign for personal returns runs each spring; in 2026, the Agencia Tributaria set online filing from April 8 to June 30, with a June 25 deadline for returns paying by direct debit. Autonomos file Modelo 130 and Modelo 303 within the first 20 days of April, July and October, and within the first 30 days of January for the fourth quarter. A Spanish company runs on a two-step annual calendar set by Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2010, the Ley de Sociedades de Capital. The shareholders must approve the annual accounts within six months of the fiscal year end (Article 164), and the directors then file them at the Registro Mercantil within one month of that approval (Article 279). A missing NIE, incomplete invoices or bank records, and a late-arriving prior-year return from another accountant each push a filing back.
What to prepare now
Gather your NIE, prior-year return and invoices or bank statements before the qualification form goes in. A corporate filing moves faster when the incorporation deed and prior annual accounts are ready before the accountant opens the file.
Beyond the basics
Choosing the Right Professional for Accounts and Tax
What Gestors, Accountants and Tax Advisors Each Handle
A gestor is not a lawyer. A gestor, or an accountant working the same ground, handles the ongoing, routine side of Spanish compliance: bookkeeping, payroll paperwork, quarterly and annual filings, and the day-to-day correspondence a case generates with Hacienda. A tax advisor handles the other half: planning, a residency change, an investment-sale strategy, or a return complicated enough to need advice before it is filed, not just preparation once the numbers are settled. Most clients on this page need the first kind of help. The three cases below need the second kind, and each one has its own specialist page.
A case needing tax planning, a residency change or an investment-sale strategy belongs with a tax advisor. Tax advisors in Spain covers planning and complex or cross-border returns, and that page’s own Legal Considerations section routes ongoing-bookkeeping clients back here.
Newcomers who may qualify for the Beckham Law special regime get a different tax treatment on Spanish employment income for a limited period, and qualifying is a planning decision, not a routine filing. See Beckham Law Spain to check eligibility before an accountant sets up your ongoing filings.
US citizens and green-card holders carry a US filing obligation that runs alongside any Spanish one, whatever their Spanish residency status. US expat taxes in Spain covers the overlap between the two systems; this page’s accountant handles the Spanish side of an ongoing case once that overlap is understood.
Filing deadlines and the sourced dates on this page are current as of August 20, 2026, and are reviewed every year against Agencia Tributaria and Registro Mercantil guidance.
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Common questions
What's the difference between an accountant, a gestor and a tax advisor in Spain?
What is a gestoria in Spain and what does a gestor do?
Is it easy to find a gestor in Spain who speaks English?
Do US expats pay taxes in Spain?
Do I need an accountant if I'm self-employed (autonomo) in Spain?
What are the quarterly filing deadlines for autonomos in Spain?
Does a Spanish company need to file annual accounts every year?
Can an accountant help me register for VAT (IVA) in Spain?
Do I need to file a Spanish tax return if I only own a rental property here as a non-resident?
What should I gather before an accountant opens my file?
Can an accountant handle correspondence from Hacienda?
What records does an accountant need for quarterly autonomo filings?
Why Work With Advisors in Spain
Your accountant or gestor handles your filing directly, from the first reply to the last document filed.
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Every accountant on our team meets the same standard.
We do not take on a case we cannot handle well. Every accountant who works on a case meets the same standard. If your case is not something we handle, we tell you plainly.
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Every accountant on our team works in English or Spanish.
You explain your filing situation once, in English or Spanish, directly to the accountant who handles it.
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Coordinated support for related matters.
Personal tax, autonomo bookkeeping, VAT registration and company annual accounts: we coordinate related requirements, with responsibility and scope agreed for each service.
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