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V2993-18 21 November 2018 · SG de Impuestos sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas Criterion in force
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Earnest money is imputed to the tax period in which the sale of the real estate occurs

A taxpayer inquires as to when the amount received as earnest money for a property must be declared if the sale is completed in the following fiscal year. The DGT responds that these amounts constitute part of the price and are declared when the transfer is executed.

The question raised

Question posed: Temporal imputation of the amount received as earnest money.

The DGT's ruling

The amounts received as earnest money operate as an advance payment and part of the purchase price. The change in assets is understood to occur in the tax period in which the transfer of the real estate is carried out. Therefore, the impact of the earnest money on the tax settlement occurs in the period in which the sale is effected.

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