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V0940-20 17 April 2020 · SG de Impuestos sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas Criterion in force
IRPF · rendimientos del trabajo

Income from a predoctoral research staff contract is not exempt from Personal Income Tax

The inquirer asks whether income from a predoctoral research staff training contract is exempt as a scholarship. The DGT responds that, as it is an employment contract, the amounts must be taxed as employment income.

The question raised

Question posed: Whether the income received under said contract is exempt from taxation through the application of letter j) of Article 7 of the Personal Income Tax Law.

The DGT's ruling

Amounts paid within the framework of an employment contract are not considered scholarships. Therefore, the exemption under Article 7.j) of the LIRPF does not apply. This income must be taxed as employment income pursuant to Article 17 of the LIRPF and is subject to withholding.

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