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V0922-18 ·10 April 2018 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Health insurance contributions to foreign pensions are only deductible if classified as Social Security contributions

A resident in Spain has enquired whether the 1.5% deducted from her Finnish pension for health insurance is deductible for Personal Income Tax (IRPF) purposes. The Directorate-General for Taxes (DGT) has ruled that such amounts are only deductible if they are classified as Social Security contributions.

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This ruling clarifies the tax treatment of foreign pension deductions, limiting deductibility to payments that strictly qualify as Social Security contributions rather than general health insurance premiums.

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2018-04-10PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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