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V3336-19 4 December 2019 · SG de Impuestos sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas Criterion in force
IRPF · exención por trabajos en el extranjero

Analysis of the applicability of the exemption for work performed abroad in predoctoral contracts with mobility permits

A researcher on a predoctoral contract enquired whether salaries earned during a research stay in the United Kingdom were exempt from Personal Income Tax (IRPF). The Directorate General for Taxes (DGT) ruled that, as these payments were received during a mobility leave and do not constitute work performed for a non-resident entity, the exemption does not apply.

The question raised

Question raised: Whether the exemption regulated in letter p) of article 7 of the Personal Income Tax Law is applicable to the salaries received from the predoctoral contract during the period of stay abroad. If so, and having filed the tax return without applying the exemption, how to request a refund.

The DGT's ruling

La exención del artículo 7.p) de la LIRPF requiere que los trabajos se realicen efectivamente para una empresa o entidad no residente o un establecimiento permanente en el extranjero. En el caso de retribuciones satisfechas durante periodos de licencia o permiso de movilidad, estas no pueden considerarse trabajos realizados para una entidad no residente. Por tanto, no resulta aplicable la exención a las nóminas derivadas de un contrato predoctoral percibidas durante un permiso de movilidad.

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