4. Expenses of the owner of the activity

The following concepts are included in this category, which are differentiated in the IRPF declaration:

a. Social security or contributions to alternative mutual funds of the activity holder

Are included:

1. The contributions of the activity holder to the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA) or,

   Covid-19 : the total or partial exclusion from the payment of the RETA contributions, as a consequence of the application of the extraordinary urgent measures to deal with the economic and social impact of covid-19 contained in article 17 of Royal Decree Law 8/2020, of March 17, on extraordinary urgent measures to deal with the economic and social impact of Covid-19, and in article 8 of Royal Decree-Law 24/2020, of June 26, on social measures to reactivate employment and protect self-employment and competitiveness of the industrial sector, as derived from a non-existence of obligation or exemption, determines its lack of incidence in the Personal Income Tax, as it does not correspond to any of the assumptions of obtaining income established in article 6 of the Personal Income Tax Law, therefore not having the nature of full income or, correlatively, that of deductible expense for the determination of income.

2. Where applicable, contributions made by the owner of the activity to Social Security Mutual Societies when they act as alternatives to the aforementioned special Social Security regime.

   Specialties in the Personal Income Tax of contributions to Mutual Benefit Societies Social of the entrepreneur or professional himself

   Regulations (Art. 30.2.1 Law IRPF )

   As a general rule, contributions to social security mutual funds of the entrepreneur or professional do not constitute a deductible expense for determining the net income of the activity, given that they may reduce the taxpayer's tax base in accordance with the requirements and limits established for this purpose.

   See Chapter 13 for reductions for contributions and contributions to social security systems .

   However, amounts paid under insurance contracts entered into with mutual insurance companies by professionals not included in the special Social Security regime for self-employed workers or freelancers are considered deductible expenses of the activity when, for the purposes of complying with the obligation provided for in the Fifteenth Additional Provision of Law 30/1995, of November 8, on the Regulation and Supervision of Private Insurance, they act as alternatives to the special Social Security regime, in the part that aims to cover contingencies attended to by said special regime, with the limit of the maximum quota for common contingencies that is established in each financial year.

   The fifteenth Additional Provision of Law 30/1995 has been repealed by Royal Legislative Decree 8/2015, of October 30, which approves the consolidated text of the General Law on Social Security, and integrated into the eighteenth Additional Provision of said consolidated text. Therefore, the reference made to the repealed provision shall be understood as being made to the corresponding provision of the consolidated text.

   Furthermore, for the purposes of the limit of the maximum contribution for common contingencies established in each financial year, it must be taken into account that, for 2020, the contribution for common contingencies in the RETA regulated by article 15 of Order TMS/83/2019, of January 31, which develops the legal regulations for contributions to Social Security, unemployment, protection for cessation of activity, the Salary Guarantee Fund and vocational training for the year 2019, is extended (BOE of February 2). This article establishes a maximum contribution base of 4,070.10 euros per month and, in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned article 15, the maximum contribution rate for common contingencies is 28.30 percent. Therefore, the maximum fee for common contingencies in 2020 is 13,822.06 euros [0.283 x (4,070.10 x 12)].

   When contributions exceed this limit, the excess may be subject to a reduction in the taxable base of IRPF , although only in the part that is intended to cover the same contingencies as pension plans and with the limits and requirements indicated in Chapter 13 in the section corresponding to "Reductions for contributions and contributions to social security systems".

b. Maintenance expenses of the taxpayer himself incurred in the development of the economic activity

Regulations: Art. 30.2.5.c) Personal Income Tax Law

Taxpayers may deduct maintenance expenses that meet the following requirements for determining the net income from economic activity in direct estimation:

• That they are expenses of the taxpayer himself.
• That are carried out in the development of economic activity. That is, they are specific to the activity.
• That they occur in catering and hospitality establishments.
• That they are paid using any electronic means of payment.

• That they do not exceed the quantitative limits established by regulation in article 9.A.3.a) of the Personal Income Tax Regulation for allowances and allowances for normal maintenance expenses of workers.

  The reference that the Personal Income Tax Law makes for the maintenance expenses of business owners or professionals to the regulatory regulation established for the allowances and allowances for normal maintenance expenses of workers contained in article 9 of the Personal Income Tax Regulation , is limited to the quantitative limits established for said maintenance expenses, without, consequently, said reference considering expenses other than maintenance expenses, such as lodging expenses, or other aspects regulated in article 9 regarding maintenance expenses other than their quantitative limits, given their different nature.

  In this sense, while allowances constitute allocations made by the employer to the employee who, by virtue of the organizational power available to the employer, must travel outside his or her workplace to carry out his or her work; The deductible expenses for the maintenance of the businessman or professional referred to in article 30.2.5 of the Tax Law are expenses incurred by the businessman or professional himself, in the development of his economic activity.

  These limits are:

  (*) It must be a municipality other than the taxpayer's usual place of work and the one that constitutes his residence..(Back)
  Information	Spain	Foreign
  Spending the night in a different municipality (*)	53.34 euros/day	91.35 euros/day
  Without spending the night in a different municipality	26.67 euros/day	48.08 euros/day

  Any excess over these amounts may not be deducted.

Note: The taxpayer must retain, for the maximum limitation period, providing when requested for this purpose, the supporting documents for the expenses to verify compliance with the requirements demanded by the law.