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Practical manual for Income Tax 2019.

Special scheme applicable to employees posted to Spanish territory

Regulations: Art. 93.2.e) Law Personal Income Tax

Attention : Please note that this special tax regime applicable to workers posted to Spanish territory is discussed in Chapter 2.

Individuals who acquire their tax residence in Spain as a result of their move to Spanish territory and who choose to pay non-resident Income Tax, with the special rules in article 93.2 of the Personal Income Tax Law, maintaining the condition of taxpayers for personal income tax during the tax period in which the change of residence is made and during the following five tax periods the following scales will be applied:

  1. The taxable base, except for the part thereof corresponding to the income referred to in article 25.1.f) of the consolidated text of the Non-Resident Income Tax Law (dividends and other income derived from participation in the equity of an entity, interest and other income obtained from the transfer of equity to third parties, and capital gains that are revealed on the occasion of transfers of assets), will be subject to the rates indicated in the following scale:
    Taxable base up to (euros)Applicable rate (%)
    Up to 600,000 24
    From 600,000.01 euros onwards 45
  2. The rates indicated in the following scale will be applied to the part of the taxable base corresponding to the income referred to in article 25.1.f) of the consolidated text of the Non-Resident Income Tax Law (dividends and other income derived from participation in the equity of an entity, interest and other income obtained from the transfer of equity to third parties, and capital gains that are revealed on the occasion of transfers of assets):
    Taxable base up to (euros)Increase in the total state fee (euros)Remaining taxable base of savings up to (euros)Applicable rate (%)
    0 0 6,000 19
    6,000.00 1,140 44,000 21
    50,000.00 10,380 From there on 23