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Practical manual for Income Tax 2020.

Deductible expenses of article 19 of the Personal Income Tax Law

Once the full performance of the work has been determined, the expenses that the Law of the PIT qualifies as deductible for determining net income. For these purposes, the following are considered exclusively tax-deductible expenses:

  1. Contributions to Social Security or to compulsory general mutual funds for public servants.

    Attention: Contributions to systems that, according to the regulations of the country of origin, are similar to Social Security or Mutual Societies in other States and are made due to the development of their work as an employee in said country will also be considered as deductible expenses for the determination of net income from work, provided that contributions are directly linked to the total income from work declared in the PIT.

  2. Deductions for passive rights.
  3. Contributions to orphanages or similar institutions.
  4. Dues paid to unions and dues paid to professional associations.

    The fees paid to professional associations will be deductible as an expense when membership is compulsory, in the part that corresponds to the essential purposes of these institutions, and with a limit of 500 euros per year. [See art. 10 Regulation PIT]

  5. Legal defense expenses arising directly from litigation arising from the relationship between the taxpayer and the person from whom he receives the income, with a limit of 300 euros per year.
  6. Other expenses other than the above