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V0335-19 ·15 February 2019 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Social Security contributions are deductible for Income Tax if allocated to the period in which they accrue

An electrical installations professional inquired whether they could deduct Social Security contributions from previous years following a Labour Inspection ruling. The Directorate-General for Taxes (DGT) ruled that these are deductible provided they meet the requirements of correlation with income and are allocated to the tax year in which they become due.

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This ruling clarifies the temporal allocation of deductible expenses for self-employed professionals, ensuring that Social Security costs must be matched to the specific tax period in which the obligation arises to maintain the principle of correlation with income.

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2019-02-15PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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