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V0375-15 ·2 February 2015 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Foreign lottery prizes taxed as capital gains in year of demand

A Spanish resident asks how to tax a 2013 US lottery prize from a 2012 draw. The DGT states it is a capital gain and is attributable to the year the prize becomes demandable.

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Lottery prizes from foreign jurisdictions are treated as capital gains and are subject to taxation in the year they become demandable, regardless of the year won.

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2015-02-02PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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