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V0525-21 ·9 March 2021 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Exchange of shares with different rights triggers capital gains or losses for Personal Income Tax

A query was raised regarding whether regrouping shares in a limited company to make them identical constitutes a change in assets. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) ruled that the exchange of shares with differing economic and political rights constitutes a transfer.

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How it affects those involved

This ruling clarifies that restructuring share capital to standardise rights is a taxable event, potentially triggering capital gains or losses for shareholders.

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2021-03-09PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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