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V2799-20 ·14 September 2020 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Tax deduction for technological innovation requires significant scientific or technological novelty

An ice cream company has enquired whether it can apply the technological innovation tax deduction when developing a new vegan product. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) has ruled that to qualify for the deduction, the process must represent a technological advancement rather than a routine effort involving mere improvement or aesthetic modification.

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Companies must ensure that R&D activities go beyond incremental improvements to qualify for tax incentives, as routine product modifications do not meet the legal threshold for technological innovation.

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2020-09-14PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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