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V0829-15 ·13 March 2015 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Withholding agents cannot reclaim uncollected income tax from employees

A pilot inquired whether a company could reclaim income tax withholdings that were not applied to salaries paid via a court ruling. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) ruled that, for tax purposes, the withholding agent cannot deduct these amounts from the employee's income nor claim them back from the worker.

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How it affects those involved

This ruling clarifies that the tax liability for uncollected withholdings rests with the employer (the withholding agent) rather than the employee, preventing companies from recovering missed tax amounts from workers' subsequent earnings.

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2015-03-13PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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