In order to deduct the loss, the victim has to justify the loss caused by the scam.
Victims of mobile phone scams can deduct personal income tax on the losses they cause. Thus, They will pay less in personal income tax (IRPF) returns. However, this will be possible only when the said damages are properly justified and after the approval of the concerned regulatory body.
The Treasury disclosed this in an advisory
The Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) – the governing body of the Ministry of Finance and Public Works – later revealed the possibility. Answer a mandatory question. A citizen asked if he could deduct the losses he suffered in a scam from his personal income tax return, to which the agency replied that it was possible, as long as they were justified.
This scam is made up A criminal used her cell phone to impersonate her daughter and contacted the father to tell him that he needed money. The parents moved, but only after doing that, she contacted her daughter, who informed her that it was not hers. The criminal used a method similar to the false son.
The tax agency has responded to citizen’s queries
The DGT responded that “the legal determination of the concept of capital gains and losses is included Article 33.1 of Law 35/2006On November 28, partial changes to the law on the income tax of natural persons and on the corporate tax, on the income of non-residents and on assets (BOE dated 29), which establishes that they include capital gains and losses on variations in the value of the taxpayer’s assets that become apparent during any change in its composition, unless they are classified as income by this Act.”
Citizens will be able to justify the loss, accordingly Law 1/2000, of 7 January, on civil procedure, means of proof and assessment. In short, anyone who wants to deduct part of the personal income tax is obligated to present evidence that supports the loss of property. Regulatory bodies will have to give their approval later. This revelation suggests that the Treasury is adapting to technology, something that has already been noticed with the simplification of its messages.
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