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Parent Company: 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

Stable position High confidence 22 rulings · 2014–2026

Current position

The parent company must maintain its status as such throughout the entire fiscal year for the tax group to exist. In the case of incentives for startups, compliance with the requirements of Law 28/2022 must be carried out at the group level or by each of the companies that compose it. The loss of parent company status due to exchange operations or changes in shareholding extinguishes the tax group.

The DGT's position remains constant regarding the nature of the parent company and the extinction of the tax group due to the loss of requirements. Rulings have addressed peripheral aspects such as the determination of economic activity in groups or the treatment of benefits in kind, without altering the structural definition of the parent company.

Analysis based on 16 of 22 rulings with a stated position. Updated 24 September 2026.

Rulings on this topic

22
V3228-14 1 Dec 2014

Fiscal group not extinguished if subsidiary remains dominant and new entity formed

SG de Impuestos sobre las Personas Jurídicas
consolidación fiscalsociedad dominantesociedad dependienteestablecimiento permanenteparticipación indirecta TRLIS — RDLeg 4/2004 (derogado por la Ley 27/2014) art. 67TRLIS — RDLeg 4/2004 (derogado por la Ley 27/2014) art. 68
Affects CompanyExpat · Non-residentIndividual
V1940-14 17 Jul 2014

Entity exiting partial spin-off excluded from fiscal group in same tax period

SG de Impuestos sobre las Personas Jurídicas
consolidación fiscalescisión parcialsociedad dominantesociedad dependientegrupo fiscal TRLIS — RDLeg 4/2004 (derogado por la Ley 27/2014) art. 68.2TRLIS — RDLeg 4/2004 (derogado por la Ley 27/2014) art. 70.6
Affects CompanyExpat · Non-residentIndividual

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