British self-employed expats in Spain face tougher tax rules next year as the authorities clamp down.

All card payments received by self-employed workers and businesses will now be reported to the tax authorities, no matter how small they are.

Until now, banks only had to report card payments if they were over €3,000 (£2,618). New Feature

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Spain’s government hopes to crack down on unreported income and combat tax fraud.

For the likes of Neil Wendover, a British seafood consultant who lives in Barcelona , it means life as a self-employed worker will be more complicated.

Wendover, 46, who is originally from Bristol, arrived in Spain from the United States just over three years ago and at first worked as a staff member for an Ame

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