Rafael Santaella Abogados Tributaristas

Tax and agricultural law in Córdoba

Rafael Santaella Abogados Tributaristas is a tax law firm headquartered in Córdoba, with more than 40 years of experience in tax and agricultural law. Its practice focuses on clients with significant assets: business owners and family-business proprietors, self-employed people and established professionals, owners of property and agricultural operations, and accounting and business-advisory firms seeking tax expertise. The firm says it does not handle high-volume basic tax returns, focusing instead on strategic tax decisions.

Practice areas

• Estates, inheritance, and gifts, with a focus on asset transfers and family businesses.
• Tax audits: guidance and defense from the first notice through the final appeal.
• Tax planning to anticipate risks and optimize tax liabilities over the long term.
• Corporate restructuring and holding companies to reorganize businesses and assets.
• Agricultural taxation: farming operations, rural property, and agricultural assets.
• Tax proceedings and administrative-economic appeals.
• Tax compliance and tax due diligence.
• Tax returns for high-income earners and high-net-worth individuals.

Team

The firm says it has more than 14 specialized professionals. Its website lists Rafael Santaella (tax attorney); Daniel Llanos Méndez (economist, corporate taxation); Alejandro Molina Morales (attorney, individual taxation); Carmen Villatoro (tax advisor); Virginia Millán Baena (law and business administration); Emilia Barrientos Luque (law); Mª Teresa Blanco Serrano (general tax); Antonia Galestio Bazuelo and Paola Gueto Muñoz (accounting); Rodolfo Blanco Pérez (tax advisor); Mª José Ramírez (agricultural taxation); and Tatiana Bobo Mayor (executive administration).

How the firm works

The firm describes a three-step process: listen to the client and analyze the situation and tax risks; develop a strategy and provide a written proposal with options and a recommendation; then support the client throughout the process, including representation in dealings with the Spanish tax authority if needed.

Professional credentials

The firm’s principals are members of AEDAF, the Spanish Association of Tax Advisors. The firm highlights its tax-litigation experience in both administrative-economic and contentious-administrative proceedings.

Offices and contact

• Córdoba: Avda. Ronda de los Tejares 17, 2-1, 14008 · Phone: 957 488 577.
• Madrid: Calle Velázquez 10, first floor, 28001 · Phone: 911 080 443.
• Baena, Córdoba: Av. Cañete de las Torres 60, 14850 · Phone: 957 670 097.

Email: rafael@abogadostributaristas.es.