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Move money from Germany to Spain
<p>I want to move money I earn working in Germany to Spain, where I am from. What should I take in account or be carefull to do during this transaction? I dont kow the minimum amount of money which I should declare taxes, o if I have to do it or if there are other thing to take into account</p>

<p>I would transfer the money between a german bank to a spanish one but I am interested in other ways.</p>

<p>Since Germany and Spain are both in the EU, there is really nothing special you have to do that would be any different from moving money from one account in Germany to another. </p>

<p>Indeed, if you deposit money into a bank in Germany that has branches in Spain, you ought to be able to deposit it in Germany and withdraw it in Spain. You could also wire the funds from one bank account to another. Or, for that matter, you could withdraw all the funds in currency form and travel from Germany to Spain and put it under your mattress in Spain.</p>

<p>You owe taxes without regard to what you do with the money that you are paid.</p>

<p>Articles 66, 67 and 115 of the <a href="https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2003-23186" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"General Taxes Law"</a> of Spain demand you are able to prove those earnings' source, and legality, and that taxation has been performed for them; for 4 years (theoretically, in practice from 4 and a half to almost 5 and a half, depending on the month when they were earned).</p>

<p>Otherwise, nothing else than that ohwilleke <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/a/21685/27096">had already answered</a>.</p>

<p><strong>PS</strong>: If you have happened to properly declared at the <a href="http://www.agenciatributaria.es" rel="nofollow noreferrer">revenue service</a> of Spain that you moved to Germany, that makes them unable to demand taxation for your income (articles 8 and 10 of the main <a href="http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-20764" rel="nofollow noreferrer">personal income tax law in Spain</a>), from that moment, as is assumed that by default Germany will apply income taxes on you from then on, and you would be by default not under the jurisdiction of the “personal income tax” (<a href="http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-20764" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IRPF</a>), not enforceable in Germany, but under the “personal income tax for non residents” (<a href="http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2004-4527" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IRNR</a>), enforceable while you are living abroad for income considered to been earned in Spain while you are living abroad (article 1 of the <a href="http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2004-4527" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"personal income tax for non residents" law</a>), but obviously not for income earned in Germany as that’s the obvious jurisdiction of the German personal income tax.<br>
<strong>TL;DR for this section</strong>: if you didn’t tell the <a href="http://www.agenciatributaria.es" rel="nofollow noreferrer">revenue service</a> of Spain that you were moving abroad (most likely), it’s possible that you might have to prove them that you were living abroad, if they “ask”<sub>1</sub> you for proof that that money is not subject to the [Spanish] <a href="http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-20764" rel="nofollow noreferrer">income tax</a>, but that (proving to have been living abroad) should be easy; and if you had told them that you were moving abroad, back on the day when you were moving abroad (unlikely done, but I think it'd been a good thing to do), it’s likely that they’ll be smart enough to just assume your taxes for that money are most probably OK.</p>

<p><sub>1: Specially subject to articles 136 to 140 of the <a href="https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2003-23186" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"General Taxes Law"</a> and annex subsidiary laws.</sub></p>

<p>Hope that helped.</p>

<p><sub><sub><strong>DISCLAIMER</strong>: This is not your lawyer, it's a vague (yet informed) entry level reference in order to guide you. Here's no responsibility for any damages caused. If on doubt, always choose to go to your lawyer.</sub></sub></p>

<p>The most straightforward way to transfer the money is to make a bank transfer from one account to another. Alternatively, you could also just use one bank account for all of your banking and close the other.</p>
<p>On the German side, there's one thing you need to be aware of though:
International bank transfers exceeding €12500 must be reported to the federal bank for statistical purposes (AWV-Meldepflicht). More information here: <a href="https://www.weltsparen.de/faq/bedeutet-awv-meldepflicht/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.weltsparen.de/faq/bedeutet-awv-meldepflicht/</a></p>
<p>I'm not familiar with Spanish law, so there might be issues on the Spanish side I don't know of.</p>
