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V0412-19 ·27 February 2019 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Income from intellectual property rights is classified as wages and subject to attachment limits

A query was raised regarding whether income derived from copyright is subject to the attachment limits applicable to wages. The Directorate General for Tax Administration (DGT) ruled that proceeds from intellectual property are considered wages and, therefore, are subject to the attachment scale set out in the Civil Procedure Law.

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How it affects those involved

This ruling clarifies that income from intellectual property is treated as salary for the purposes of debt enforcement, meaning a portion of it is protected from seizure according to statutory limits.

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2019-02-27PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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