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V0856-21 ·12 April 2021 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Legal defence costs for claiming cessation of activity benefits are deductible

A self-employed individual enquired whether legal fees incurred to judicially claim a denied cessation of activity benefit were deductible. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) ruled that such a benefit constitutes income from employment and, therefore, legal defence costs are deductible subject to the statutory limit.

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This ruling clarifies that legal expenses related to claiming social security benefits classified as employment income are tax-deductible for self-employed individuals.

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2021-04-12PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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