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Practical Manual of 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 expenses 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 and musical arts
(art. 36.3 LIS)
20 percent
Job creation for workers with disabilities (art. 38 LIS) 9,000/12,000 euros person/year
Investment of profits (art. 37 RDLeg. 4/2004) 10/5 per 100
Expenses and investments of forestry companies
( DA 5 and 13 Law 43/2003)
10 per 100
Investments in West African territory and propaganda and advertising 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 for 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) (return automotive industry)

(3) With effects for tax periods that begin within the years 2020 and 2021. (Back)

II. Deductions related to support programs for events of exceptional public interest (art. 27.3 first Law 49/2002)
Events of exceptional public interestDeduction percentagesJoint limit (1)
VIII Centenary of the University of Salamanca 15 percent 25/50 per 100
20th Anniversary of the Reopening of the Gran Teatro del Liceo of Barcelona and the bicentennial of the creation of the «Societat d'Accionistes×
4th Edition of Barcelona World Race
V Centenary of the expedition of the first circumnavigation of the world by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano
Reading Promotion Plan (2017-2020)
Decade Plan Milliarium Montserrat 1025-2025
Preparation program for Spanish athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Games
50th Edition of the International Festival of Jazz from Barcelona
Junior Men's Handball World Championship 2019
Andalusia 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 V Centennial
Jacobean Holy Year 2021
VIII Centenary of the Cathedral of Burgos 2021
Inclusive sport
Spain, Capital of Young Talent
Commemoration of the Centennial of the Coronation of Our Lady of 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 UNESCO of the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe as a World Heritage Site
Automobile Barcelona 2019
Women's Handball World Championship 2021
Barcelona Equestrian Challenge (3 edition)
Universe Woman II
Delibes Centennial
2020 Base II Sports Support Plan
Lebaniego Road
Dubai Expo 2020
Twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) [...]
Berlanga Plan
Spain Country Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2021
Opera Promotion Plan on Teatro Real Street
175th Anniversary of the construction of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix
2020: Other deductions related to support programs for events of exceptional public interest

Note to the table:

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