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Practical Manual for Companies 2020.

Deduction for international double taxation of previous periods applied in the financial year (articles 31 and 32 LIS)

Filling in form 200

In box [00571] "Deduction for international double taxation of previous periods applied in the fiscal year (arts. 31 and 32 LIS )» , the outstanding balance of deduction due to insufficient full quota will be recorded, relative to the deductions to avoid international double taxation of articles 31 and 32 of the LIS , generated in the tax periods 2015 to 2019 or in a previous tax period starting in 2020 and that the taxpayer applies in the period subject to declaration. The amount entered in this box will be the result of completing the breakdown table on page 16 of form 200 explained below.

Taxpayers who apply these deductions for international double taxation must complete this table in which they must record the amounts of the deductions to avoid international double taxation referred to in articles 31 and 32 of the LIS generated in the tax periods 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 (*), which have been or may be transferred to future tax periods due to insufficient quota, in the manner detailed below.

Completing the table “International double taxation deductions LIS” (page 16 of form 200)

  • Inside block « DI international previous periods», the rows «DI international 2015» to «DI international 2019» , are intended to collect the amounts of deductions to avoid international double taxation, regulated in articles 31 and 32 of the LIS generated from 2015 to 2019, and which were transferable to subsequent tax periods due to insufficient full quota.

    The row «DI internal 2020(*)» should only be completed if the entity has deductions pending application corresponding to a previous tax period that began in 2020.

  • In column "Pending deduction" it must be taken into account that, if it is a deduction generated in any of the tax periods prior to the one being settled and started in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020(*), from block «DI international previous periods» , the balance of the corresponding deduction that was pending application at the beginning of the tax period that is being settled will be recorded in the respective box of this column. In any case, said balance must be the one corresponding to applying the tax rate for the tax period in which the deduction was generated.

  • In column "Tax rate/generation period" the tax rate for which the reporting entity and beneficiary of the deduction paid taxes in the period in which it was generated will be stated. This column does not exist for cases in which the tax period for generating the deduction corresponds to the tax period of the liquidation.

  • In column « 2020 pending deduction » the amounts referring to pending deductions from previous periods must be recorded. In the event that the tax rate applicable to the taxpayer benefiting from the deduction in the tax period in which it was generated is different from the tax rate under which it is taxed in the tax period to be settled (listed in the row "Tax rate 2020"), the amount to be entered in this column will be the result of multiplying the amount in the corresponding box in column "Pending deduction" by the fraction "Tax rate 2020/Tax rate generation period" .

    Keep in mind:

    In general, the tax rate corresponding to fiscal year 2020 will be obtained by dividing the amount in box [00562] "Full amount" on page 14 of form 200 by the amount in box [00552] "Taxable base" on page 13 of form 200.

    If the 2020 tax rate and the generation period tax rate are the same , the amount entered in the “Pending deduction” column will be equal to that entered in the corresponding box in the “2020 pending deduction” column.

  • In column "Applied in this settlement" the part (or the whole, if applicable) of the amount corresponding to the previous column " 2020 pending deduction" that is applied in the settlement corresponding to the period subject to settlement will be recorded.

    Keep in mind:

    • For tax periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016, section 2 of the Fifteenth Additional Provision of the LIS establishes that taxpayers whose net turnover is at least 20 million euros during the 12 months prior to the date on which the tax period begins, must take into account that the amount of the deductions to avoid international double taxation provided for in articles 31, 32 and section 11 of article 100 of the LIS, as well as that of those deductions to avoid double taxation referred to in the twenty-third transitional provision of this Law, may not jointly exceed 50 percent of the taxpayer's total amount.

    • For tax periods starting on or after 1 January 2019 , information on the net amount of turnover for the twelve months prior to the start date of the tax period must be included on page 21 of Form 200, in order to determine the application of the limit established in DA 15 of the LIS.

      For these purposes, prior to completing this table "International double taxation deductions LIS" (except in cases where the table on page 21 of form 200 has already been completed), a breakdown window will open in which the taxpayer must indicate whether the net amount of turnover during the twelve months prior to the start date of tax period has been less than 20 million, at least 20 million euros, but less than 60 million or at least 60 million euros. The option marked by the taxpayer will be transferred to the box "Net turnover for the twelve months prior to the start date of the tax period" on page 21 of form 200.

      The option selected by the taxpayer will also be taken into account to determine the limits in the calculation of accounting corrections arising from the application of article 11.12 of the LIS, the compensation of negative tax bases and the compensation of quotas for losses of cooperatives, so once the table on page 21 of form 200 has been completed, it will not be displayed again on other screens.

    • In box [00571] the total amounts entered in the column "Applied in this settlement" will be recorded, which must be transferred to box [00571] on page 14 of form 200 regarding the settlement of the Tax.

  • In column "Pending application in future periods" the part of the deduction corresponding to column " 2020 pending deduction" that was not included in the box corresponding to column "Applied in this settlement" will be collected. That is, it refers to the part of the deduction that, because it was not applied in the settlement of the tax period subject to declaration, remains pending application in future tax periods.