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V2887-21 ·18 November 2021 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Refund of excess social security contributions for corporate self-employed must be recorded in the years they were treated as expenses

A company has requested clarification on the tax treatment of refunds for excess social security contributions paid by a shareholder following the recognition of bonuses. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) has ruled that the tax impact must be reflected in the financial years in which those contributions were accounted for as benefits in kind.

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This ruling clarifies the temporal imputation of tax adjustments related to the refund of overpaid social security contributions, ensuring that the tax effect aligns with the period in which the original expense was recognised.

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2021-11-18PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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