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V0258-20 ·4 February 2020 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Legal and solicitor fees cannot be deducted from compensation received via costs orders

A taxpayer inquired whether they could deduct solicitor and court agent fees from compensation received following a costs order. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) ruled that such compensation constitutes a capital gain that cannot be reduced by the procedural costs incurred.

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Taxpayers receiving compensation through costs orders must include the full amount as a capital gain, as legal and procedural expenses are not deductible from this specific income.

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2020-02-04PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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