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V1504-18 4 June 2018 · SG de Impuestos sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas Criterion in force
IRPF · rendimiento de la actividad económica

Transfer of a community pharmacy may be exempt from VAT and not trigger capital gains tax

A pharmacist over the age of 65 wishes to transfer their business entirely to their son. The DGT analyses the Income Tax treatment for stock and fixed assets, as well as the potential exemption from VAT.

The question raised

Question posed: Tax treatment of said operation in the donor's Personal Income Tax and possible non-subjectivity to Value Added Tax.

The DGT's ruling

In Personal Income Tax, inventories are taxed as income from economic activity, whereas fixed assets generate capital gains or losses. If the requirements of the Inheritance and Gift Tax Law for the reduction due to the transfer of a business are met, the non-existence of a capital gain or loss for the donor shall be presumed. Regarding VAT, the transfer shall not be subject to tax if the set of elements constitutes an autonomous economic unit capable of carrying out an activity by its own means.

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