The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's tax burden still at pre-crisis levels Despite hikes in both income tax rates and value-added tax, Spain is one of the few wealthy countries in the world to have an lower overall tax burden now than before the economic crisis, a new report from the OECD shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20141210/spains-tax-burden-still-at-pre-crisis-levels Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:31:00 +0100 spains-tax-burden-still-at-pre-crisis-levels Spain's 'black' economy worth 20 percent of GDP Spain's unofficial economy is worth about 20 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), with the construction industry among the worst offenders, a Spanish think tank argues. https://www.thelocal.es/20130715/black-gdp Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:22:00 +0200 black-gdp