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Net Income from Modules: DGT doctrinal evolution

How the DGT's position on this topic has evolved, and the rulings it rests on.

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How the DGT's position has evolved

Settled doctrine High confidence 10 rulings · 2016–2025

Current position

Subsidies intended to finance expenses or compensate for losses are considered income from economic activities that increase the net income from modules. Their temporal allocation is made in the period of the final concession resolution or, if the cash basis is chosen, in the period of collection. In the case of subsidies for hiring, the repayment thereof must decrease the net income from modules in the period in which it is carried out.

The DGT's position remains constant in qualifying subsidies as income that increases the net income from modules. The doctrine has specified the moments of temporal allocation according to the nature of the subsidy and the cash basis option. The latest ruling adds that the repayment of these subsidies must decrease the net income in the corresponding fiscal year.

Turning points

  1. V1461-24

    Establishes that subsidies to finance specific expenses must be allocated in the same fiscal year in which the expenses they finance are accrued.

  2. V1379-25

    Determines that the repayment of a subsidy that increased the net income from modules must decrease said income in the period of the repayment.

Analysis based on 10 of 10 rulings with a stated position. Updated 28 September 2026.

Rulings on this topic

10
V1379-25 21 Jul 2025

Repayment of current subsidy reduces modules' net profit

SG de Impuestos sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas
estimación objetivarendimiento neto de módulossubvención corrientereintegro de subvenciónimputación temporal LIRPF — Ley 35/2006 del IRPF art. 14.1.bLIRPF — Ley 35/2006 del IRPF art. 27.1
Affects CompanyExpat · Non-residentIndividual
V2090-22 30 Sept 2022

Vehicle scrapping subsidies are classified as income from economic activity

SG de Impuestos sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas
estimación objetivarendimiento de la actividad económicaachatarramientoimputación temporalnorma de valoración 18ª LIRPF — Ley 35/2006 del IRPF art. 14.1.bLIRPF — Ley 35/2006 del IRPF art. 27.1
Affects CompanyExpat · Non-residentIndividual
V1789-21 9 Jun 2021

Grants to maintain economic activity are taxed as income from economic activities

SG de Impuestos sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas
rendimientos de actividades económicassubvenciones corrientesimputación temporalestimación objetivarendimiento neto de módulos LIRPF — Ley 35/2006 del IRPF art. 14.1.bLIRPF — Ley 35/2006 del IRPF art. 27.1
Affects CompanyExpat · Non-residentIndividual

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