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V3091-20 ·15 October 2020 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Penalties for breach of contract kept by the seller are not exempt via the primary residence sale relief

A taxpayer over 65 enquired whether earnest money (arras penitenciales) retained following the cancellation of a sale due to the buyer's fault is exempt from tax. The DGT ruled that since the transfer of the property did not take place, the exemption does not apply.

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The ruling clarifies that the tax exemption for the sale of a primary residence requires an actual transfer of ownership; retaining penalty payments for a failed sale is treated as a taxable capital gain under the general tax base.

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2020-10-15PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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