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V1623-26 17 June 2026 · SG de Impuestos sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas Criterion in force
IRPF · ganancia patrimonial

Receipt of a subsidy without economic activity is treated as a patrimonial gain

A software developer inquires about the taxation of donations received from the NLNet foundation for open-source projects. The DGT responds that, in the absence of economic activity, the aid constitutes a patrimonial gain.

The question raised

Question posed: Taxation of the subsidy.

The DGT's ruling

The receipt of the subsidy constitutes a capital gain as it represents a variation in the value of the assets through the incorporation of money. This gain is not subject to any applicable exemptions or non-taxability and forms part of the general income. The temporal allocation is made in the tax period in which the collection of the aid takes place.

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