{"id":102456,"date":"2026-04-21T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=102456"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:00:18","slug":"deduct-property-expenses-spain-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/deduct-property-expenses-spain-foreigners\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Can foreigners deduct property expenses in Spain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-200\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Foreigners (EU and non-EU) who rent out their property can deduct <strong>IBI, community fees, insurance, and repairs in their IRNR.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The deduction for home purchase is only applicable to <strong>residents who acquired their home before 2013<\/strong>, although there are benefits for energy efficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Following the 2025 rulings, <strong>non-resident owners outside the EU now have the same deduction rights as European citizens.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Foreigners who own a property in Spain can indeed deduct certain expenses. <strong>In order for an expense to be deductible, it must be directly related to the generation of income (in the case of rentals) or meet the requirements for investment in a primary residence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Fotocasa, we explain in simple terms which invoices are deductible depending on your residency status and the use of the property, as rules can vary if you are a tax resident in Spain or if you live abroad. We will analyze the list of permitted expenses and the latest legal developments that equalize the rights of all owners.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know if your residency status allows you to deduct mortgage interest or community fee invoices?<\/p>\n<h2>Which foreigners have the right to deduct property expenses in Spain?<\/h2>\n<p>The possibility of deducting expenses <strong>depends directly on tax residency and the tax being paid<\/strong>. Foreign <strong>residents<\/strong> (those residing more than 183 days a year in Spain) pay <strong>IRPF<\/strong> (Personal Income Tax), while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/irnr-tax-spain-non-residents\/?lang=en\"><strong>non-residents<\/strong> pay <strong>IRNR<\/strong> (Non-Resident Income Tax)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":102463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13692,13548,13535,14776,14777,14778,14791,14779,14780,13552,13551,13549,14392,14473,14393,13550,13547],"class_list":["post-102456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-compraventa","tag-deduccion-alquiler-no-residentes","tag-deduccion-irnr-gastos-inmueble","tag-deducir-gastos-casa-extranjeros-espana","tag-deduct-property-expenses-in-spain-for-foreigners","tag-fiscalidad-inmobiliaria-no-residentes-espana-2026","tag-gastos-deducibles-vivienda-habitual-extranjeros","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-irnr-casa-en-espana","tag-irnr-tax-spain","tag-irnr-vivienda-no-residente","tag-live-in-spain","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}