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Form 200. Corporate Income Tax Declaration 2018

8.9.2 Requirements

Requirements for the application of deductions excluded from the limit:

  1. At least one year must pass since the end of the tax period in which the deduction was generated, without it having been applied.

  2. That the average workforce or, alternatively, the average workforce assigned to research and development and technological innovation activities is not reduced from the end of the tax period in which the deduction was generated until the end of the 24-month period following the end of the tax period in whose declaration the corresponding application or payment is made.

  3. That an amount equivalent to the deduction applied or paid be allocated to research and development and technological innovation expenses or to investments in tangible fixed assets or intangible fixed assets exclusively related to said activities, excluding real estate, within 24 months following the end of the tax period in whose declaration the corresponding application or request for payment is made.

  4. That the entity has obtained a reasoned report on the qualification of the activity as research and development or technological innovation or a prior agreement on the valuation of the expenses and investments corresponding to said activities, in the terms established in section 4 of article 35 of the LIS .

Additionally, in the event that research and development expenses for the tax period exceed 10 percent of the net amount of the turnover of the same, the deduction provided for in section 1 of article 35 of the LIS generated in said tax period may be excluded from the limit established in the last paragraph of the previous section, and applied or paid with a discount of 20 percent of its amount in the first declaration submitted after the period referred to in letter a) above, up to an additional amount of 2 million euros.

Failure to comply with any of the requirements will lead to the regularization of the amounts improperly applied or paid in the manner established in article 125.3 of the LIS.