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V3314-17 ·28 December 2017 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

R&D tax deduction base is zero if received grants exceed project expenses

A technology company has enquired whether travel and subsistence expenses for a European research project can be included in the R&D tax deduction. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) has ruled that if the grants received exceed the expenses incurred, the deduction base shall be zero.

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Companies must carefully monitor the balance between research expenditure and public funding to avoid a zero deduction base for Corporation Tax purposes.

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2017-12-28PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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