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V3391-19 ·11 December 2019 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

Legal fees may be deducted from the transfer value in compulsory purchase cases

A taxpayer inquired whether legal fees, calculated as a percentage, could be deducted from received expropriation and procedural interest. The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) ruled that legal expenses are deducted from the property's transfer value.

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This clarification confirms that legal costs associated with a compulsory purchase can be applied against the transfer value to reduce the taxable capital gain, rather than being treated as a deduction from interest payments.

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2019-12-11PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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