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V3206-14 ·28 November 2014 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Hearing aid depreciation cannot be deducted as it is a personal health expense

An engineer enquired whether the cost of hearing aids could be deducted as a professional expense, given their necessity for communicating with clients. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) has ruled that they are not deductible, as their acquisition relates to personal health rather than the development of the economic activity.

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This ruling clarifies that expenses related to personal health, even if they facilitate professional communication, do not qualify as deductible business expenses.

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2014-11-28PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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