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Specific manual for people with disabilities

Earned income

Regulations: Articles 19.2.f) of the IRPF Law and 46 of the IRPF Regulations

Work performance: For the disabled person who is the owner of the protected assets contributions are considered work income in the amount by which these income exceeds three times the public indicator of multiple-purpose income (for the year 2023 this amount is the result of 8,400 x 3 = 25,200 euros).

Exempt income from work in kind: In the exemption for premiums or contributions paid by the company to insurance entities for the coverage of illness of the worker, his/her spouse and descendants, the exemption limit is increased to €1,500 when they are persons with disabilities.

The deductible expenses for obtaining net income from work, in general, are:

  • Deductible expenses for work income. €2,000 per year, in general, for all taxpayers who earn income from work.

  • Deductible expenses for geographical mobility. The deductible expenses of the first point will be increased by €2,000 for unemployed taxpayers registered at the employment office who accept a job located in another municipality and require the transfer of their habitual residence to the new address. It is applicable in the tax period in which the change of residence occurs and in the following one.

Active workers with disabilities, in addition to the previous expenses that correspond to them, will have the right to an increase in said expenses for disability of active workers , according to the following detail:

Grade of DISCAPACITY

 Reduction for disability of active workers
Equal to or greater than 33% and less than 65% 3.500 €
Equal to or greater than 33% and less than 65% who prove they need help from third parties or have reduced mobility

7.750 €
Equal to or greater than 65% 7.750 €

In joint taxation of family units with several active workers with disabilities, the increase in deductible expenses will be unique and the amount of the active worker of the family unit with the highest degree of disability will be applied.

The increase in disability expenses for active workers applies when at time during the tax period these two circumstances simultaneously:

  • Have the required degree of disability.

  • Be an active worker.

As a consequence of the application of said expenses for obtaining net income from work, the resulting balance cannot be negative.