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Practical Income Manual 2021.

f) Information to be provided in the personal income tax return

The maximum period to materialize the reserve for investments in the Canary Islands (RIC) is three years, by virtue of the provisions of article 27.4 of Law 19/1994, of July 6, modifying the Economic and Fiscal Regime of the Canary Islands.

This period of three years must be counted from the date of accrual of the tax corresponding to the year in which the provision (accounting) of the reserve occurs and said provision in the case of natural persons can be:

  • at the close of the accounting year on December 31 of each year.

  • in the year following that of obtaining the benefit.

The above determines that natural persons will have an effective period to materialize the reserve for investments in the Canary Islands of three or four years, depending on when they have made the accounting entry of the reserve provision (at the end of the year or in the year following). The design of the IRPF model responds to this duality (which does not happen in the case of Companies). However, as a consequence of the provisions of the eighth transitional provision of Law 19/1994, in the case of the reserve for investments with profits obtained in tax periods beginning in 2016, the term is extended by one year (therefore, the effective term will be four or five years depending on when the accounting entry of the reserve provision was made).

The information on provisions and materializations made in 2021 of the reserve for investments in the Canary Islands corresponding to the years 2016 to 2021 and anticipated investments of future provisions will be provided in accordance with the breakdown contained in the corresponding heading of Annex A.2 of the declaration of the following way:

Provisions and materializations made in 2021

  • Boxes [1681] , [0733], [0735], [0738 ], [0742] and [0746]

    The amount of the provisions corresponding to income obtained in the Canary Islands in the years 2016 to 2021 that have been allocated to the RIC will be indicated.

  • Boxes [1682] , [0734] [0789], [0792], [0794] and [0802]

    The year of the provision will be indicated (2017 to 2021), which, as mentioned before, may be at the end of the year in which the net operating income was obtained or in the following year.

  • Boxes [1684] , [0777], [0736], [0739], [0743] , [0747] and [0750]

    The amount of the materializations made with charge to the previously declared allocation in the investments provided for in letters A, B, B bis and D 1 of article 27.4 of Law 19/1994 will be indicated.

  • Boxes [1684] , [0778], [0737], [0740], [0744] , [0748] and [0751]

    The amount of the materializations carried out with charge to the previously declared allocation in the investments provided for in letters C and D 2 to 6 of article 27.4 of Law 19/1994 will be indicated.

  • Boxes [1683], [0829], [0790], [0741], [0745] and [0749]

    The amount of each of the previously declared provisions that is pending materialization as of December 31, 2021 will be indicated.

    The boxes [1683] and [0829] will only be completed in the case of the amounts allocated to the reserve for investments in the Canary Islands constituted either with profits from 2016 that have been allocated for accounting purposes in 2017 (box [1683] ) or with profits from the 2017 financial year have been allocated for accounting purposes in 2018 (box [ 0829 ] ).

Covid-19: In relation to the information that must be provided regarding provisions and materializations of the RIC the following must be taken into account:

Fiscal year 2016: 

Royal Decree-Law 39/2020, of December 29, on financial measures for social and economic support and compliance with the execution of sentences, introduced a new eighth transitional provision in Law 19/1994, of July 6, of modification of the Economic and Fiscal Regime of the Canary Islands, to extend by one year the maximum period to carry out the materialization of the reserve for investments in the Canary Islands endowed with benefits obtained in 2016, due to the serious effects that the pandemic had produced on the realization of investments and economic results in 2020.

As a consequence of the health crisis situation caused by COVID-19, the ninth Additional Provision of Royal Decree-Law 11/2020 , of March 31, established that the prescription periods and expiration of any actions and rights contemplated in the tax regulations were suspended from March 14 (date of entry into force of Royal Decree 463/2020, of March 14, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by COVID-19), until May 30, 2020.

For this reason, if the reserve created with 2016 profits is recognized in 2017, the aforementioned period is extended by 78 days, which means that there may be excesses pending materialization, box [ 1683] of the statement.

Fiscal years 2017 and 2018: 

For the purposes of completing boxes [0829] and [0790] please note that the ninth Additional Provision of Royal Decree-Law 11/2020, of March 31, by which urgent complementary measures are adopted in the social and economic sphere to confront COVID-19, determines that the materialization period has been suspended from March 14 to May 30, 2020.

Consequently, with respect to fiscal year 2017 , if the reserve created with profits from 2017 is recorded in 2018, the period to materialize the investment that ended on December 31, 2021 is extended by 78 days. further. Regarding the year 2018 , if the reserve created with 2018 profits is recorded in 2018, the period to materialize the investment ended on the 31st December 2021 is extended by 78 more days.

Anticipated investments of future allocations to the Reserve for Investments in the Canary Islands, made in 2021

The information will be made according to the following breakdown:

  • Box [0750].

    The amount of investments made in 2021 will be indicated for the early materialization of future provisions in those provided for in article 27.4. A, B, B bis and D 1, Law 19/1994.

  • Box [0751].

    The amount of investments made in 2021 will be indicated for the early materialization of future provisions in those provided for in article 27.4. C and D 2 to 6, Law 19/1994.

Covid-19: please note, regarding anticipated investments of future endowments to the RIC carried out in previous years, which the ninth Additional Provision of Royal Decree-Law 11/2020, of March 31, established that the prescription and expiration periods of any actions and rights contemplated in the tax regulations have been suspended since March 14 (date of entry into force of Royal Decree 463/2020, of March 14, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused due to COVID-19), until May 30, 2020.

For this reason, the deadlines for making the allocation that end in fiscal year 2021 are extended by an additional 78 days.