Sany Basnet, Hindi and Nepali speaking tax adviser in Barcelona

SANY BASNET

Hindi and Nepali speaking tax and accounting adviser

Starting a business in Spain as a newcomer rarely goes wrong because of the business. It goes wrong because of an activity code chosen badly on day one, a deadline nobody flagged, or a letter that arrived in Spanish and was read too late.

I work with people setting up or already running a business in Barcelona who would rather handle all of this in their own language: registration, taxes, bookkeeping and dealings with the Spanish tax office, explained in plain terms and with the deadlines up front.

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Tax and accounting advice for Hindi and Nepali speakers in Barcelona

I advise entrepreneurs and small businesses who speak Hindi or Nepali on their tax and accounting obligations in Spain, from first registration to the quarterly routine.

Most of the questions that reach the firm are not complicated in themselves. They become difficult when they have to be solved in a language that is not your own, facing an administration that notifies electronically and whose deadlines keep running whether or not anyone opened the message. My job is to remove that barrier: what the obligation is, what the deadline is, and what actually happens if it is missed.

Three situations come up most often. Someone about to register as self-employed or to set up a company, who needs to start correctly, because what is decided in the first month is carried for years. Someone already running a shop, a unit or an activity, who needs the taxes and the books kept current every quarter. And someone who has received a letter from the tax office and does not know what is being asked.

Where the matter depends on a residence or work permit, it is handled with the firm’s immigration team. Where an international tax element appears, it is coordinated with Alessandro Scherini, who leads international taxation at the firm.

Main areas of work

Self-employed registration reviewed with an adviser before filing

Registering as self-employed: activity code, tax register and first contribution

Registering quickly and badly is the mistake that costs most later, because it decides which taxes you pay and what you can deduct. Choosing the activity code that genuinely matches the business. Registration on the tax register with form 036 or 037. Registration in the special scheme for self-employed workers. Working out the monthly contribution from expected earnings. A written calendar of the first year’s obligations, with dates.

Advice for the self-employed

Filing documents to set up a company in Spain

Setting up a company and getting it running

Moving from self-employed to a company, or starting with one directly, changes your obligations from day one. Choosing the legal form according to the activity and the shareholders. Incorporation and tax registration of the company. The recurring obligations that come with it. Accounting books and the filing of annual accounts. Keeping company money separate from personal money, which is where most problems begin.

Set up a company in Spain

Invoices and balances for quarterly VAT and income tax returns

Quarterly and annual business taxes

The Spanish tax calendar does not send reminders and does not forgive delay. Quarterly VAT returns on form 303 and the annual summary on form 390. Income tax instalments on form 130. Withholdings on rent and on professional invoices, forms 115 and 111. The annual income tax return. Corporate income tax where the activity runs through a company.

Tax consulting

Reviewing a business's books with its accounting adviser

Bookkeeping, accounting records and year end

Books kept current are not paperwork. They are what tells you whether the business is making money before the bank does. Recording and supervising the year’s accounts. Compulsory books and their official filing. Year-end closing and the filing of annual accounts. Organising invoices and receipts through the year, so the closing is not a reconstruction against the clock.

Accounting services

Retail, food service and cash-heavy businesses

A business with small tickets and high volume is accounted for differently from a professional practice, and the tax office looks at it differently too. Simplified invoicing and till receipts. VAT rates by product or service. Cash control and reconciliation with card payments. Deductible costs for premises, utilities and stock. What changes when you take on your first employee, handled with the employment department.

Accounting services

A letter from the tax office handed over at the firm for a reply

Letters and enquiries from the Spanish tax office

A notice from the tax office starts running from the moment it is made available, whether or not it is read, and the window to answer is short. Reading the notice and working out what is actually being asked. Preparing the documents and the reply within the deadline. Explaining the consequence of each option before deciding. Following the file through to closure.

Ask about a tax notice

Advisory meeting held in the client's own language

Advice in Hindi and in Nepali

A language barrier is itself a tax risk: people sign what they do not understand and miss deadlines because a notice was not read in time. Every obligation and every document explained in your language. Reviewing what you are about to sign, before you sign it. Monitoring electronic notices so that no deadline depends on an improvised translation. Submissions to the administration are filed in Spanish, as the procedure requires.

Tax consulting

How I work

A first review of the situation: activity, legal form, obligations already open and deadlines pending. Identifying what genuinely applies and what does not. A clear tax calendar, with dates and with who does what. Ongoing work, quarter by quarter. Meetings in person in Barcelona or by video call, with documents exchanged digitally.

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Frequently asked questions

I have just arrived in Spain and want to open a business. Where do I start?

By deciding whether you will work as self-employed or through a company, because everything else follows from that. Then come registration with the tax office under the right activity code and registration in the self-employed scheme. We go through it together before anything is filed, because correcting a bad registration costs more than doing it properly.

Will I be looked after in Hindi throughout?

Yes, in Hindi and in Nepali. Explaining the steps, reviewing documents and following up are all done in your language. Submissions to the administration are filed in Spanish, as the procedure requires, and their content is explained to you before you sign.

Can you also help with my residence permit?

That sits with the firm’s immigration department, not with tax advice. If your situation mixes the two, which is common, they are coordinated internally and you deal with one point of contact.

I run a shop and do the books myself. Can you review them?

Yes. We review what has been filed so far, identify what is missing or wrongly set up, and propose how to put it right. Better to find it before the tax office does.

I received a letter from the tax office and do not understand it. What should I do?

Bring it in quickly, because the clock is already running. We read it, explain exactly what is being asked, and prepare the reply within the deadline. The damage rarely comes from the letter itself. It comes from answering late or not at all.

Can everything be handled remotely?

Yes. Meetings can be held by video call and documents exchanged digitally. You are also welcome at the office in Barcelona if you prefer.

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Hindi and Nepali speaking tax and accounting adviser in Barcelona