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V2918-19 ·22 October 2019 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Bank account returns are attributed to the actual owner of the funds, not the formal account holders

A taxpayer inquired about the taxation of interest from a bank account held by multiple parties following an inheritance. The DGT ruled that bank account ownership does not determine the legal ownership of the money, and that returns must be attributed to the person who holds actual control over the funds.

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This ruling clarifies that for tax purposes, the legal status of being a named account holder does not override the actual economic ownership of the funds, which is the decisive factor for attributing interest income.

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2019-10-22PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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