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Practical Manual for Companies 2020.

Deduction methods for investments applicable in the financial year 2020: summary table

I. Deductions to encourage certain activities generated in 2020
Deduction modalitiesDeduction percentagesJoint limit (1)
Research and development expenses (2) (art. 35.1 LIS ) 25/42/8 per 100
17 per 100 (additional)
25/50 per 100
Technological innovation expenses (2) (art. 35.2 LIS)

12 per 100

Technological innovation costs of production processes in the automotive industry value chain (2) (article 35.2 LIS)

50 per 100 (SMEs)
12 per 100 (Rest) (3)

Spanish film productions
(art. 36.1 LIS)
Producer of the work 30/25 per 100
Co-production according to percentage of participation in film production
Live performances of performing arts and music
(art. 36.3 LIS)
20 per 100
Job creation for workers with disabilities (art. 38 LIS) 9,000/12,000 euros per person/year
Investment of profits (art. 37 RDLeg. 4/2004) 10/5 out of 100
Expenses and investments of forestry companies
( DA 5 and 13 Law 43/2003)
10 percent
Investments in West African territory and advertising and publicity expenses (art. 27 bis Law 19/1994) 15 percent

Notes to the table:

(1) The deduction for reinvestment of extraordinary profits will also be computed towards this limit. (Back)

(2) These deductions will not be subject to the joint limit in the case of the option provided for in article 39.2 of the LIS. (return research) (return innovation) (back to automotive industry)

(3) Effective for tax periods beginning in 2020 and 2021. (Back)

II. Deductions relating to support programmes for events of exceptional public interest (art. 27.3 first Law 49/2002)
Events of exceptional public interestDeduction percentagesJoint limit (1)
8th Centenary of the University of Salamanca 15 percent 25/50 per 100
20th Anniversary of the Reopening of the Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona and the bicentennial of the creation of the "Societat d'AccionistesÇ
4th Edition of the Barcelona World Race
500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the globe by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian Elcano
Reading Promotion Plan (2017-2020)
Decade Plan Milliarium Montserrat 1025-2025
Preparation programme for Spanish athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Games
50th Edition of the International Festival of Jazz from Barcelona
2019 Junior Men's World Handball Championship
Andalucia Valderrama Masters
The transition: 40 years of freedom of expression
Barcelona Mobile World Capital
Ceuta and the Legion, 100 years of union
Badminton World Tour
New goals
Logroño 2021, our 5th Centenary
Jacobean Holy Year 2021
8th Centenary of Burgos Cathedral 2021
Inclusive sport
Spain, Capital of Young Talent
Commemoration of the Centenary of the Coronation of Our Lady of El Rocío (1919-2019)
Transfer of the Image of Our Lady of Rocío from the Village to the Town of Almonte
Neurodegenerative Diseases 2020. International Year of Research and Innovation
XXV Anniversary of the Declaration by of the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe as World Heritage Site
Automobile Barcelona 2019
Women's World Handball Championship 2021
Barcelona Equestrian Challenge (3rd edition)
Woman Universe II
Delibes Centenary
2020 Grassroots Sports Support Plan II
Lebaniego Way
Expo Dubai 2020
Twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) [...]
Berlanga Plan
Spain Guest Country of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2021
Plan to promote opera on Calle del Teatro Real
175th Anniversary of the construction of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix
2020: Other deductions relating to support programmes for events of exceptional public interest

Note to the table:

(1) The deduction for reinvestment of extraordinary profits will also be computed towards this limit. (Back)