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Practical Manual for Companies 2022.

Summary table

I. Deductions to encourage certain activities generated in 2022
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) and (3) (art. 35.2 LIS)

12 per 100

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
Deduction for business contributions to corporate social security systems (art. 38 ter LIS) 10 percent
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)

(3) For tax periods beginning in 2020 and 2021, the percentage applicable to technological innovation expenses for production processes in the automotive industry value chain was increased to 50 percent for small and medium-sized companies, and to 15 percent for other entities.(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)
4th Edition of the Barcelona World Race 15 percent 25/50 per 100
500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the globe by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian Elcano 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Plan Decenio Milliarium Montserrat 1025-2025 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Jacobean Holy Year 2021 15 percent 25/50 per 100
8th Centenary of Burgos Cathedral 2021 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Expo Dubai 2020 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Berlanga Plan 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Alicante 2021. Sailing Trip Around the World 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Spain Guest Country of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2022 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Plan to promote opera on Calle del Teatro Real 15 percent 25/50 per 100
175th Anniversary of the construction of the Gran Teatre del Liceu 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix 15 percent 25/50 per 100
The time of freedom. Comuneros 5th centenary 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Bicentennial of the independence of the Ibero-American Republics 15 percent 25/50 per 100
150th anniversary of the creation of the Spanish Academy in Rome 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Celebration of the Summit MADBLUE 15 percent 25/50 per 100
30th anniversary of the Reina Sofía School of Music 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Guadalupe Holy Year 2021 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Andalucia Valderrama Masters 2022/2024 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Tournament Davis Cup Madrid 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Madrid Horse Week 21/23 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Centenary of Rugby in Spain and of the Unió Esportiva Santboiana 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Solheim Cup 2023 15 percent 25/50 per 100
IX Centenary of the Reconquest of Sigüenza 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Barcelona Mobile World Capital 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Valencia, World Design Capital 2022 / Valencia World Design Capital 2022 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Fiftieth anniversary of the National University of Distance Education (UNED) 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Centenary of the Western Magazine 15 percent 25/50 per 100
50th anniversary of the death of Clara Campoamor. 90 years since the beginning of a full democracy 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Fifth Centenary of the death of Elio Antonio de Nebrija 15 percent 25/50 per 100
New Goals II 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Andalusia European Region of Sport 2021 15 percent 25/50 per 100
75th anniversary of the Opera in Oviedo 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Healthy habits for cardiovascular risk control “Learning to take care of ourselves” 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Badminton World Championships Spain 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Centenary of the Battle of Covadonga-Cuadonga 15 percent 25/50 per 100
7th Centenary of the Cathedral of Palencia 2021-2022 15 percent 25/50 per 100
FITUR special: tourism recovery 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Inclusive Sport Program II 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Valencia 2020-2021, Jubilee Year. Way of the Holy Chalice 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Neurodegenerative diseases. International Year of Research and Innovation. Period 2021-2022 15 percent 25/50 per 100
50th Anniversary of the Hospital Sant Joan de Deu 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Bicentennial of the National Police 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Centenary of the Aragonese Football Federation 15 percent 25/50 per 100
2030 Plan to Support Grassroots Sport 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Woman Universe III 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Preparation programme for Spanish athletes for the Paris 2024 Games 15 percent 25/50 per 100
100 years since the death of Joaquín Sorolla 15 percent 25/50 per 100
20th Anniversary of Primavera Sound 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Centenary of the birth of Victoria de los Ángeles 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso 15 percent 25/50 per 100
All against cancer 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Santiago Ramón y Cajal Research Year 2022 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Lebaniego Jubilee Year 2023-2024 15 percent 25/50 per 100
World Volunteer 2030/ 35th Anniversary of the Spanish Volunteering Platform 15 percent 25/50 per 100
7th UNWTO World Conference on Wine Tourism 2023 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Caravaca de la Cruz 2024. Jubilee Year 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Bicentennial of the Ateneo de Madrid 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Barcelona Equestrian Challenge (4 Edition) 15 percent 25/50 per 100
200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSEIG DE GRÁCIA 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Reconstruction of the Historical Indoor Diving Pool of the Barcelona Swimming Club (CNB) 15 percent 25/50 per 100
ALIMENTARIA 2022 and HOSTELCO 2022 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Barcelona Music Lab. The future of music 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Global Mobility Call 15 percent 25/50 per 100
South Summit 15 percent 25/50 per 100
Holy Jubilee Year of Saint Isidro the Farmer 15 percent 25/50 per 100
2022: Other deductions relating to support programmes for events of exceptional public interest 15 percent 25/50 per 100

Note to the table:

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