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Practical manual for Income Tax 2021.

Deductions for incentives and stimuli to business investment in economic activities in direct estimation

Regulations: Articles 68.2 and 69.2 Law IRPF

Taxpayers who carry out economic activities in direct estimation may apply the incentives and stimuli for business investment established or to be established in the Corporate Tax regulations with equal percentages and deduction limits, with two exceptions:

  1. The provisions of article 39.2 of the Corporate Tax Law, which establishes the possibility of applying the deduction for research and development activities and technological innovation in sections 1 and 2 of article 35 of the ##2 LIS ##2 , do not apply to taxpayers of IRPF , without being subject to the joint limit of the full quota and being able to request, where appropriate, its payment, provided that certain requirements are met.

  2. The provisions of article 39.3 of the Corporate Tax Law, which allows, in relation to the deduction for foreign film productions in Spain provided for in section 2 of article 36 of the ## LIS 2## , to request, in the event of insufficient quota, advance payment of the deduction for investment in foreign production of feature films or audiovisual works, are also not applicable to taxpayers of IRPF .

In addition to the deductions established by the LIS , with the exceptions indicated above, taxpayers of the IRPF whose activities meet the requirements to be considered small entities may deduct the net income from economic activities of the tax period that are invested in new elements of tangible fixed assets or real estate investments related to economic activities in the terms discussed below.

Consequently, in the current fiscal year 2021, the deductions for incentives and stimuli for business investment that can be applied by taxpayers who are owners of economic activities in the direct estimation method, in any of its two modalities, normal or simplified, can be structured in the following categories or regimes:

  1. General regime and special regimes of deductions for incentives and stimuli to business investment of the Corporate Income Tax Law
  2. Deduction for investment in new elements of tangible assets or real estate investments used for economic activities
  3. Special regime for business investments in the Canary Islands