Fuente del Maestre · Tierra de Barros
Your farm paperwork, up to date
CAP subsidies, flat-rate tax, VAT and income tax for farmers, livestock breeders and cooperatives in the area. When you call, the person who handles your paperwork picks up.
In the village since 1988
Dates that affect farming, and who each one concerns. If you're not sure whether it applies to you, give us a call and we'll check.
Added the cereal crop insurance, as the regional government is paying part of it again this year.
Before the first day of olive picking
If you take on people for the harvest
Registration in the Special Agricultural Scheme has to be done before they start, not the same afternoon. Give us their ID and Social Security numbers a week in advance.
From 1 December
Everyone who made the single application
The advance came in mid-October. Now the rest of the basic payment and the eco-schemes arrive. If what you get doesn't add up, bring us the letter.
If you sow wheat, barley or oats
The regional government pays part of the premium if you take it out in time. We'll tell you what it covers and how much it costs you before you sign.
Self-employed farmers on flat-rate tax
If you're going to buy machinery or your sales are close to the limit, switching to direct assessment might pay off. We'll look at it together before Christmas.
If you've had workers or pay a self-employed professional
Form 111, October to December. With the olive harvest in the middle, it's the quarter with the most payslips of the year.
During January
Cooperative members
The cooperative sends you what it paid you and what it withheld. Keep it with your CAP papers: it's the first thing we'll ask you for in April.
Until 1 February (30 January falls on a Saturday)
General VAT scheme and flat-rate tax. The special agricultural scheme doesn't file VAT
Forms 303, 390 and 131. Bring us your December invoices before 15 January and there's no rush.
In February the single application for the 2027 CAP opens. Book an appointment in January, before everyone else does.
Single application, payment entitlements, transfers and regional government grants.
Your farm's books and clear accounts of what you spend and what you earn.
Flat-rate tax, VAT, income tax and corporation tax. And the letters from the tax office, because they come too.
Seasonal hiring and leavers, seasonal workers' payslips and your self-employed contributions.
Accounts, settlements to members, general meetings and official books.
When the land passes from parents to children, the CAP goes with it.
€45a month
You farm your land on your own, on flat-rate tax and the special agricultural VAT scheme.
Our most popular
€85a month
A couple, parents and children or a joint ownership, with seasonal workers.
from€240a month
Small cooperatives and SATs (agricultural processing companies) in the area.
Monthly prices, VAT not included. The first conversation and the quote cost nothing. For one-off procedures (an inheritance, registering land) we'll tell you the price before we start.
Every Thursday we go to a village in the area. The first of the month, Villafranca; the second, Aceuchal; the third, Almendralejo; the fourth, Santa Marta; and if the month has a fifth, Ribera del Fresno.
Every Thursday, from 9:30 to 13:30
Ribera del Fresno
Cooperative olive mill, in the members' office
Villafranca de los Barros
Cooperative winery, meeting room
Aceuchal
Grain cooperative, next to the weighbridge
Almendralejo
Cooperative winery, members' room
Santa Marta de los Barros
Cooperative olive mill, first floor
Villafranca de los Barros
Cooperative winery, meeting room
Aceuchal
Grain cooperative, next to the weighbridge
Almendralejo
Cooperative winery, members' room
Christmas Eve
No visit. Happy holidays!
No appointment needed. Bring the letter or the paper that's worrying you and we'll look at it there and then.
Julián Valdecañas opened the office in 1988 to handle his neighbours' farm paperwork, back when the CAP forms were still filled in by hand, in pencil.
Today his daughter Mercedes runs it, with Rafa and Toñi. Many of the people who come in are the children and grandchildren of the first clients.
There's no switchboard and no hold music. If we're not at the office, we're at a cooperative, and we'll call you back when we're back.
Mercedes Valdecañas
Tax, income tax and cooperatives
Degree in Economics. Colegio de Economistas de Badajoz, no. 0000 (example details)
Rafa Gordillo
CAP, grants and field register
Toñi Merchán
Accounts, registrations and social security
Julián Valdecañas
Founder. Retired, but he pops in on Mondays
Professional rules for economists: Code of Ethics of the General Council of Economists of Spain.
On Thursday mornings Mercedes and Rafa are at that week's cooperative; Toñi stays at the office.
Summer: From 1 July to 15 September, mornings only.
Please don't send us papers, photos of your farm book or your ID on WhatsApp before we've spoken. Call us first and we'll tell you what's needed and how to bring it.
Open in Google MapsCalle de la Vendimia, 7, 06360 Fuente del Maestre (Badajoz) (example address)
It's easy to park on the promenade. If you're on the tractor, better use the street behind.