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What is chargedEUR · verified 12 July 2026 · full guide for Slovakia, opens in a new tabEUR · verified 1 July 2026 · full guide for Spain, opens in a new tab
Rental incomewhat the rent is taxed at35%at the top of the ladder
  • The ladder runs 19%, then 25%, then 30%, then 35%.
47%at the top of the ladder, on 50% of the profit
  • The ladder runs 19%, then 24%, then 30%, then 37%, then 45%, then 47%.
  • Only 50% of a positive rental profit is taxable, so the top rate comes to 23.5% of the whole profit.
Capital gainswhen you sellAdded to your other income
  • There is no separate rate: the gain is stacked on your other income in Slovakia and taxed in the bands it reaches.
  • The ladder it joins runs 19%, then 25%, then 30%, then 35%.
  • The gain is free of tax altogether once the property has been held 5 years.
30%top rate on its own scale
  • The gain is taxed on a scale of its own in Spain, apart from other income, from 19% to 30%.
  • A non resident pays a flat 19%.
  • 3% of the sale price is held back at settlement from a non resident seller. It counts against the bill rather than adding to it.
Annual property taxevery year you hold itNot modelled0.66%a year on the assessed value
  • Charged on the official assessed value rather than the market price, which is typically nearer 50% of it.
Duty on purchaseone off, on the way in0%No duty on purchase
  • Slovakia levies NO real estate transfer tax. Only a nominal cadastral registration fee (~€66, or €266 expedited). Municipal real estate tax (daň z nehnuteľností) is small and locally set. Not modelled.
8%averageof the price, on average
  • This headline is a national average. The published rule is regional or banded, so enter a price to see what it actually charges.
  • ITP on a resale is set by the autonomous community and priced per community once one is chosen, with Catalonia on its own progressive ladder: from 4% in the Basque Country to 13% at the top of the Catalan scale. Until a community is chosen an 8% national average is used. A new build is outside ITP and pays 10% IVA (VAT) plus about 1.5% AJD (stamp duty) instead. IBI is about 0.4 to 1.1% of the valor catastral; entering the cadastral value gives an exact figure (≈50% of market is assumed otherwise). A proposed 100% surcharge on non EU buyers is not law and not computed.
House pricesaverage change a year, last ten years7.9%a year, on its own national series
  • The last 5 years: 2021 +10.7% · 2022 +9.7% · 2023 −1.4% · 2024 +8.0% · 2025 +12.7%.
  • Source: BIS residential property prices, nominal, national, local currency, fourth quarter over fourth quarter (FRED mirrors it as Q<CC>N628BIS).
6.4%a year, on its own national series
  • The last 5 years: 2021 +6.3% · 2022 +5.5% · 2023 +4.3% · 2024 +11.3% · 2025 +12.9%.
  • Source: BIS residential property prices, nominal, national, local currency, fourth quarter over fourth quarter (FRED mirrors it as Q<CC>N628BIS).

How they differ

  • Rental incomeHigher in SpainRent is taxed at up to 47% in Spain and up to 35% in Slovakia — the top marginal rate on the rental profit (only 50% of the profit is taxable in Spain).
  • Capital gainsHigher in SlovakiaSlovakia adds the gain to your income (up to 35%); Spain taxes it apart from other income, on a scale up to 30%.
  • Annual property taxNot modelled for Slovakia.
  • Duty on purchaseHigher in SpainOne-off on the way in (stamp duty or transfer tax): 8% of the price in Spain (national average); Slovakia charges none.
  • House pricesHigher in SlovakiaHouse prices rose an average 7.9% a year in Slovakia against 6.4% in Spain over the last ten years — the national index, not any one property.

Every figure is read from the tables Freeholt charges when it projects a sale. Estimates for planning, not advice.

The same purchase in both

Slovakia, on €860,230

€0Duty on the way in
—Annual property tax

An annual property tax is not modelled for Slovakia, so this example leaves it out rather than showing a zero.

Spain, on €860,230

€68,818Duty on the way in
€2,839Annual property tax

Priced at $1,000,000, converted at rates of 2026-09-08 and held there so the example does not drift.

This is the country. Your own price, loan and years held are the other half.

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