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V2824-19 ·14 October 2019 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

VAT on legal costs cannot be deducted as the payer is not the recipient of the professional services

A taxpayer ordered to pay legal costs has requested a VAT refund on the legal fees and costs incurred by the winning party. The DGT ruled that the payment of legal costs constitutes compensation rather than a VAT-taxable transaction between the parties.

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This ruling clarifies that legal costs awarded to a winning party are treated as indemnity, preventing the losing party from claiming VAT deductions on those costs.

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2019-10-14PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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