Madrid court upholds tax penalties against Vox leader and his wife over fake invoice

The Madrid High Court has rejected four out of five appeals submitted by former Vox spokesperson Iván Espinosa de los Monteros and his wife, architect Rocío Monasterio, confirming the tax agency's sanctions for a fraudulent invoice tied to a luxury real-estate transaction. Fiscal inspectors found that Monasterio's firm issued a false invoice for a consultancy that never took place when Espinosa mediated the sale of a building owned by his family on General Castaños street.

The court affirmed that the couple improperly used their companies to shift taxable income and avoid higher personal tax rates, labeling the practice illegal. All four appealed cases were dismissed, with the court also imposing legal costs on the appellants. The remaining appeal is pending a decision from another chamber of the court. The rulings became final after the appellants did not file further objections within the statutory period.