Spanish Supreme Court rules banks, not clients, must pay mortgage tax

In a new blow to Spanish banks over mortgage expenses, the Supreme Court has decided that it is the lenders, and not the clients, who must pay a duty as part of the property transaction costs.

In a reversal of its own February decision, the court now says that banks are the ones who must pay the Impuesto sobre Actos Jurídicos Documentados (AJD), a tax paid by the buyer at the time of closing, when a notary officially documents both the sale and the loan.

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