Category: Procedure
The Tax Administration must give individual reasons for the subjective element in order to derive tax liability
A recent decision of the Regional Economic-Administrative Court of the Principality of Asturias (Spain) insists on the importance of motivating the guilt or negligence of the de facto or de jure directors, in order to derive liability for the infringements committed by the administered company. The General Tax Law (“GTL”) regulates a series of cases […]
The hearing procedure is essential when the settlement or penalty proposals are rectified
According to the case law of the Supreme Court, it is necessary to offer a new hearing when a proposal to impose a penalty is rectified (even to reduce it), so that its omission determines the nullity of everything that has been done. The Audiencia Nacional has already concluded in the same way when it […]
Reflections on expert evidence in tax proceedings
In recent rulings related to the deduction for R&D&i in Corporate Income Tax and for Hydrocarbon Tax, the Supreme Court offers important reflections on the value of expert evidence in tax proceedings and on the value of reports issued by officials of the Tax Administration itself. The Supreme Court has recently handed down five important […]
Supreme Court: The tax verification of statute-barred fiscal years cannot disregard the principle of full regularization
The Spanish Supreme Court has concluded that when the Tax Administration verifies credits generated in prescribed fiscal years, it must do so in accordance with the principle of complete regularization. This means that if it rejects the deductibility of certain expenses, it must also eliminate the taxation of income linked to them. The Court also […]
On the importance of the right to legal certainty in the application of tax incentives
In view of various administrative actions that have been repeated in recent years, it is worth remembering that the effectiveness of tax incentives, as instruments for the dynamization and competitiveness of our economy, requires giving the utmost relevance to the legal certainty that must preside over both the legal definition of their requirements and budgets […]
What is the procedural logic of the so-called double shot in the tax area
Following two recent Supreme Court rulings that support the right of the Administration to review tax obligations for a second time when the administrative act issued in the first place has been annulled, it is worth reflecting on the limits of this double shot. There are issues in the application of the tax system that […]
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