FORMS 720 AND 721: INFORMATIVE DECLARATION OBLIGATION REGARDING ASSETS AND RIGHTS LOCATED ABROAD
Submission Period: From January 1 to March 31, 2025.
Taxpayers, including individuals and legal entities residing in Spain, permanent establishments in Spain of non-resident individuals or entities, and entities referred to in Article 35.4 of the General Tax Law (LGT)—such as pending estates, communities of goods, and other entities without legal personality—must provide the Tax Administration with the following information, unless specific exemptions apply:
- Accounts abroad: Information regarding accounts located abroad in banking or credit entities, for which the taxpayer is the holder, beneficiary, or authorized person, or otherwise has disposal rights.
- Securities and rights: Information about securities or rights representing participation in the capital or equity of any legal entity, securities representing the assignment of own capital to third parties, or assets placed in any legal instrument, including trusts, which, while lacking legal personality, may engage in economic activity. This includes shares, investment funds, life or disability insurance policies, and annuities or temporary income contracted with entities abroad.
- Real estate: Information about real estate and rights related to real estate owned abroad.
- Cryptocurrencies: Information on virtual currencies held abroad, or for which the taxpayer is a beneficiary, authorized, or has disposal rights, if they are managed by entities providing private cryptographic key safeguarding services for third parties, aimed at maintaining, storing, and transferring cryptocurrencies.
More information about the obligation to declare virtual currencies: Refer to MODELO 721
Who is subject to this obligation?
- If, as of December 31, 2024, you hold any asset or group of assets located abroad with a value of €50,000 or more, in the following categories:
- Real estate.
- Bank accounts.
- Other assets, such as securities (listed or unlisted shares, investment funds, insurance policies, trusts, etc.).
- Cryptocurrencies.
- If you have previously submitted 720/721 form, you are required to resubmit it if:
- You canceled any declared asset.
- There is a cumulative variation of €20,000 or more in the value of your declared foreign assets in the following categories:
- Real estate.
- Bank accounts.
- Other assets (shares, investment funds, insurance policies, rental income, etc.).
- Cryptocurrencies.
Important Notice
To determine whether you are obligated to resubmit Model 720, please refer to the example provided here. If you would like Inforconta to monitor when the obligation to submit Model 720 arises again, additional fees will apply.
For monitoring, please provide all necessary data annually so that we can prepare Model 720 each year starting from the first submission, and determine when the obligation to submit the model arises again.
DOCUMENTS TO PROVIDE
Many financial and banking institutions produce specific statements for the preparation of Model 720 for Spanish residents. Please ask your institution if such a statement is available. Otherwise, we will need statements of final positions as of December 31, average balances for the last quarter, and details of the year’s transactions.
Additional Notes
This information must be submitted regardless of whether you are the direct owner of foreign assets or have authorization or powers over them.
These obligations also apply to those considered real owners under Article 4.2 of Law 10/2010 on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing.
Below are the key documents required for this declaration:
MOVABLE CAPITAL
A) Certificates from financial institutions indicating balances as of December 31 and the average balance of the last quarter:
- For all accounts (current, savings, credit, term deposits), investment funds, treasury bonds—any banking product with a positive or negative balance as of December 31.
B) ISIN, IBAN, BIC codes for the accounts.
C) Full name and address of the bank(s).
D) Dates of account opening or closure.
E) Start and end dates for authorizations or powers.
F) Details of foreign currencies held.
G) Certificates of value as of December 31 for securities portfolios (shares, participations, etc.).
H) Certificates from companies showing the value of shares or participations as of December 31.
I) Bank certificates detailing all transactions throughout the year, including dates, amounts, and values of purchases and sales of participations, as well as account opening and closing dates.
CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES
A) If available, certificates of capital gains and losses from:
a. Share transfers.
b. Investment fund participations subject to withholding.
c. Etc.
B) In cases of property or share sales, exchanges of assets or rights, inheritance acceptances, donations, or subsidies:
a. Dates and acquisition values of the sold assets and dates and sale values.
b. Deeds and supporting documents for the operations carried out.
REAL ESTATE CAPITAL
A) Deeds of acquisition or sale (purchase, inheritance, donation) of all urban, rural, or undeveloped properties.