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V5402-16 21 December 2016 · SG de Impuestos sobre las Personas Jurídicas Criterion in force
IS · régimen especial de fusiones

A merger may qualify for the special tax neutrality regime if it has valid economic reasons

The applicant asks whether a projected merger can apply the special regime under the Corporate Income Tax Act and if its motives are economically valid. The DGT responds that the transaction may qualify for said regime if carried out for commercial purposes under Law 3/2009 and its primary objective is not tax fraud or evasion.

The question raised

Question posed: Whether the proposed transaction may qualify for the special regime of Chapter VII of Title VII of the Corporate Income Tax Law, and whether the reasons set forth are considered economically valid for these purposes.

The DGT's ruling

To apply the special merger regime, the transaction must comply with the requirements of the LIS and be carried out under Law 3/2009. Reasons of operational simplification, cost savings, economies of scale, and balance sheet strengthening are considered valid economic reasons. The existence of negative tax bases does not prevent the application of the regime, although their offsetting shall be subject to the limits of Articles 84 and DT 16th of the LIS.

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