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Practical manual for Income Tax 2021.

For investments in installations for self-consumption of electrical energy or intended for the use of certain renewable energy sources in homes in the Valencian Community, as well as for the participation fee in investments in collective facilities where the homes are located.

Regulations: Art. 4.One.o) Law 13/1997, of December 23, regulating the autonomous section of the Personal Income Tax and other transferred taxes, of the Valencian Community .

Amount of deduction

Note: In 2017 and 2018, this deduction was exclusively applicable to investments made in the taxpayer's habitual residence.  As of 2019, it was extended to all types of housing. And from January 1, 2021, different percentages are established depending on whether it is a primary residence or another type of residence.

  • 40% of the amount of the amounts invested in installations carried out in the habitual residence of the Valencian Community and in collective installations of the building intended for any of the purposes indicated below:

    • Self-consumption electricity installations, as established in article 9.1.a of Law 24/2013, of December 16, of the Electricity Sector, and the regulations that develop it (modality of supply of electricity with self-consumption).

    • Facilities for producing thermal energy from solar energy, biomass or geothermal energy for generating hot water, heating and/or air conditioning.

    • Facilities for producing electrical energy from photovoltaic solar energy or wind energy, for electrifying homes isolated from the electrical distribution network and whose connection to it is not feasible from a technical, environmental or economic point of view.

  • 20 percent of the amount of the sums invested in installations, intended for any of the purposes indicated above, carried out in the homes that constitute second homes for the taxpayer, provided that these are not related to the exercise of an economic activity.

    Note:To determine whether or not the home is affected by the exercise of economic activities, the state regulations governing personal income tax will be followed .

    Note: The notes that characterize the exercise of an economic activity and the returns derived from it are discussed in Chapter 6.

  • Installations that are mandatory under Royal Decree 314/2006, of March 17, approving the Technical Building Code (CTE), will not give the right to practice this deduction.

Requirements for applying the deduction

  • The homes must be located within the Valencian Community.

    Note: For the purposes of this deduction, the concept of housing contained in the regional regulations governing housing will apply.

  • In the case of housing complexes under a horizontal property regime in which these installations are carried out in a shared manner , provided that they have legal coverage, this deduction may be applied by each of the owners individually according to the participation coefficient that corresponds to them, provided that they comply with the rest of the established requirements.

  • The deduction requires prior recognition by the regional administration. For this purpose, the Valencian Institute for Business Competitiveness (IVACE) will issue the corresponding certification.

    The Ivace will determine the typology, technical requirements, maximum reference costs and other characteristics of the equipment and facilities to which the deduction established in this section is applicable. Ivace may carry out any technical control and verification actions on the installed equipment that it deems appropriate.

  • The actions subject to deduction must be carried out by installation companies that meet the requirements established by regulations.

Deduction base

  • The basis of this deduction consists of the amounts actually paid in the year by the taxpayer.

    In the case of housing owned by the community property, the expenses of the family home are attributable to both spouses, regardless of who actually pays them or which of them appears as the holder of the invoice. For its part, in the regime of separation of assets, the allocation of expenses to one or the other spouse or to both must be made based on who actually made the expense.

    In the case of payments arising from financing obtained from a bank or financial institution, the amortization of capital for each fiscal year will be considered to form part of the deduction base, with the exception of interest.

    Financing costs, other than interest, only form part of the base when they have been included in the capital to be financed.

    Note: To apply the deduction, the expense and payment receipts must be kept, which will have to comply with the provisions of their applicable regulations.

  • The application of the deduction is conditional on the delivery of the monetary amounts derived from the act or legal transaction that gives the right to its application being made by credit or debit card, bank transfer, personal check or deposit into accounts in credit institutions.

    The requirement for this is established in Additional Provision sixteen of Law 13/1997, of December 23, which regulates the autonomous section of the IRPF and other transferred taxes.

Maximum annual base

  • The maximum annual base for this deduction is set at 8,000 euros . The indicated base will also be considered as maximum deductible investment limit for each home and fiscal year . Any portion of the investment supported by public subsidies will not qualify for deductions.

    The limit of 8,000 euros per dwelling and fiscal year applies to all taxpayers with respect to the same dwelling.

    In the case of several taxpayers and with respect to the same dwelling, the limit of 8,000 euros is distributed according to the percentage of ownership of the real right held over the dwelling by the taxpayers, whether or not they are taxpayers for the tax.

  • The amounts corresponding to the tax period not deducted may be applied in the settlements of the tax periods that conclude in the four immediate and successive years .

Application rules:

  • Amounts paid in a year that remain to be deducted must be deducted in the maximum amount permitted in each of the following years and may not be deducted outside the four-year period.

  • When amounts invested in years prior to 2021 and not deducted remain pending deduction, the percentage applicable in 2021 to them will be the one corresponding to the year in which the investments were made.

    Therefore, if amounts are invested in a habitual residence in 2021 and there are amounts pending deduction from previous years, the applicable percentage will be 20% with respect to the amounts pending deduction and 40% on the amounts invested in 2021.

  • If in a year there are amounts paid in the year and others from previous years pending deduction, these will be applied first to determine the amounts paid in the year that can be deducted in the following years.

  • The deduction corresponding to amounts paid in a year in which the taxpayer has not filed a return, as well as the deduction not applied for reasons other than the application of the maximum deduction base, cannot be applied in subsequent years.

  • The deduction corresponding to amounts invested in a year in which the taxpayer has not filed a return, as well as the deduction "not enjoyed" for reasons other than the application of the maximum deduction base (for example, because the deduction has no effect on the final result of the return), only has an effect in said year, without it being possible to transfer it to subsequent years.

  • In exceptional cases where the deduction is applied to more than one home, if the total investment made in the year exceeds the maximum deduction base, the deduction corresponding to each home is made, firstly, taking into account the specific circumstances of each home and, secondly, in proportion to the deductible investment, both in the year of the investment and in the case of application to the four immediate and successive tax periods.

Other conditions for the application of the deduction

  • The application of this deduction will require that the verified amount of the taxpayer's assets at the end of the tax period exceeds the value shown by its verification at the beginning of the same by at least the amount of the investments made .

    For these purposes, increases or decreases in value experienced during the aforementioned tax period by assets that, at the end of the period, continue to form part of the taxpayer's assets will not be computed.

    See Chapter 16 for verification of the assets situation .