Built for British Expats & Freelancers in Spain

Deduct expenses in the UK & Spain. Simultaneously.

Living in Spain but invoicing UK clients? Stop leaving money on the table. Forensix categorizes every receipt under both HMRC and Hacienda tax deductibility schemas automatically, ensuring your accountant generates the ultimate tax return.

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HMRC & Hacienda Schemas
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Batch Uploading 15 Receipts...
Extracting Line Items...85%
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Mercadona Supermercados€73.40
Item-level Deductibility details:
• Cafe Molido (Personal)Non-Deductible
• Laptop Stand (Business asset)Deductible (UK & ES)
• Client dinner (Representación)Deductible (ES Only)

Free Tax Estimator

How much UK tax are you really paying?

Drag to your income. Living in Spain too? See your cross-border breakdown free.

Annual income£42,000
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UK (HMRC)

Income Tax-£5,886
National Insurance-£2,354
Take-home£33,760
Effective rate 19.6%
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Spain (Autónomo)

IRPF-£••••
Autónomo social security-£••••
Net£•••••

Estimate for a 2025/26 employee. Self-employed, regional and cross-border figures are free after sign-up. Always confirm with a gestor.

The Expat Tax Dilemma

Why Standard Accounting Apps Fail British Expats in Spain

If you operate as a UK Sole Trader or Ltd Company while living in Spain (Autónomo), your tax liability spans two jurisdictions. Traditional apps only catalog expenses in a single currency and code under a single country. Forensix implements the dual-ledger bridge.

The UK HMRC Rules

UK allows deduction of business expenses incurred "wholly and exclusively" for trade. Pre-commencement expenses are deductible up to 7 years. Capital allowances (AIA) let you write off 100% of tech assets in year one.

The Spanish Hacienda Rules

Spain (Agencia Tributaria) requires formal invoices (Factura Completa) with your NIF/NIE. Travel must be strictly documented. Groceries are disallowed. Representación (client food) is capped at 1% of turnover.

The Forensix Bridge

We handle the reconciliation dynamically. We track if an invoice meets Spanish NIF requirements and flag potential liabilities, while keeping standard HMRC deductions separate. Your accountant gets clean, compliant ledger sheets.

Elite Batch Receipt Processor

Upload up to 15 receipts at once. No waiting in line for individual scans to complete. Our parallel processing engine performs OCR text recognition, parses vendors, currencies (GBP, EUR, USD), dates, total values, and extracts tax IDs (NIF) instantly.

  • Extracts complete Spanish NIF from standard tickets
  • Converts currencies using historical exchange rates
  • Identifies missing receipts vs credit card statements
Queue status
mercadona_2306.jpgAnalyzed
1.2 MB
taxi_madrid.pdfAnalyzed
0.8 MB
github_invoice.pdfRunning OCR...
0.4 MB
starbucks_barcelona.jpgWaiting...
2.1 MB

Item-Level Analytics Engine

We don't just dump a flat 50€ expense for a supermarket run. Our AI parses receipts item-by-item. It segregates personal groceries from client representation meals and flags single-item deductibility parameters. Perfect for proving expenses to Spanish tax inspectors.

  • Drill down into individual receipt lines
  • Filter out non-deductible items (alcohol, personal items)
  • Recalculate dual tax percentages on split receipts
Itemized Ledger Breakdown
Amazon Spain (Tech Order)€129.50
1x Logitech MX Master 3S Mouse€89.00
UK Deductible: 100% (Capital AIA)ES Deductible: 100% (Amortization)
1x Dark Roast Coffee Beans (2kg)€40.50
UK Deductible: 0% (HMRC Vice)ES Deductible: 0% (Agencia Personal)

AI Tax Consultant (with Theme Selectors)

Query your overall business finances in plain English or Spanish. Learn if buying a new camera is deductible, calculate your effective Spanish Autónomo social contributions, or project your UK corporate tax. Toggle between a standard clean interface and a hard-boiled "Detective Noir Theme".

  • Simulates capital expenses and forecasts cash impact
  • Understands tax brackets in both countries (IRPF vs. UK Income Tax)
  • Detective Noir UI features hard-boiled audit notes
🔍 FORENSIX NOIR DETECTIVE AGENTActive Case

"The rain is pounding Madrid tonight. I looked at your numbers. Mercadona files look clean, but you're drowning in Starbucks vice spend. Let's dig in."

🕵️ Case Note: Your Spanish Autónomo quota is set to go up next month based on net yields. I estimate an additional €38/mo liability unless you register €400 of business software deductions immediately.
Premium Gestor Pack

Hand your gestor a clean, filing-ready pack

Export a clear Gestor Pack when it is time to file: your transactions grouped by category, NIF-matched where possible, with GBP and EUR conversions and the figures your accountant actually needs. Less back-and-forth, faster filing.

Hacienda Ready (NIF-matched) HMRC Ready (AIA Capital) Beautiful PDF Reports

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Test the interface. Basic cross-border receipt tagging.

  • Up to 5 receipt uploads total
  • Manual UK & Spain categorization
  • Batch parallel uploads (up to 15 receipts)
  • Item-Level receipt dissection
  • Downloadable PDF/CSV Gestor Packs
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Expat Pro Plan

£19.99/ month

Unlock full automation, batch OCR scans, itemised receipt drill-downs, AI noir audits, and PDF Accountant Packs.

  • Unlimited receipt scans & statements
  • 15x Batch concurrent receipt uploads
  • Item-Level receipt breakdown
  • PDF & Excel Gestor Packs (Hacienda Ready)
  • AI Tax Consultant (Noir & Standard)
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Frequently Asked Questions

I live in Spain but invoice UK companies. Where do I pay tax?

Under the UK-Spain Double Taxation Treaty, if you are a Spanish tax resident (present 183+ days in a calendar year), you are liable to pay tax in Spain on your worldwide income. If you invoice via a UK Ltd company, you pay UK Corporation Tax, but may owe personal tax and Autónomo social contributions in Spain. Forensix segregates expenses in both ledgers so your accountants in both countries can coordinate correctly.

What is the Gestor Pack?

Spanish accountants (Gestores) require very strict reporting. If you upload plain receipts, they will refuse to deduct them unless they display the vendor NIF (tax identification) and your personal NIF/NIE. The Gestor Pack exports a clean PDF statement grouped by category with NIF codes matched and validated, saving hours of review.

How does the batch receipt processor handle 15 files at once?

You drag and drop up to 15 PDFs or image files. They are processed in parallel using the Gemini multimodal JSON extraction API, which maps out vendor, NIF, date, total amount, taxes, currency, and parses itemized receipt lines.

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