# 252.229-7005 Tax exemptions (Spain).
Type: Clause
Prescribed in: 229.402-70(e)
Current version date: MAR 2012

## Prescription and Applicability

### DFARS Prescription, 229.402-70(e)

(e) (1) Use the clause at 252.229-7005, Tax Exemptions (Spain), in solicitations and contracts when contract performance will be in Spain.
(2) Use the provision at 252.229-7013, Tax Exemptions (Spain)--Representation, in solicitations that contain the clause at 252.229-7005, Tax Exemptions (Spain). If the solicitation includes the provision at FAR 52.204-7, do not separately list 252.229-7013 in the solicitation.

## Current Text

252.229-7005 Tax exemptions (Spain).

As prescribed in 229.402-70(e)(1), use the following clause:

Tax Exemptions (Spain) (MAR 2012)

(a) As the Contractor represented in its offer, the contract price, including the prices in subcontracts awarded under this contract, does not include taxes from which the United States Government is exempt.

(b) In accordance with tax relief agreements between the United States Government and the Spanish Government, and because the incumbent contract arises from the activities of the United States Forces in Spain, the contract will be exempt from the following excise, luxury, and transaction taxes:

(1) Derechos de Aduana (Customs Duties).

(2) Impuesto de Compensacion a la Importacion (Compensation Tax on Imports).

(3) Transmissiones Patrionomiales (Property Transfer Tax).

(4) Impuesto Sobre el Lujo (Luxury Tax).

(5) Actos Juridocos Documentados (Legal Official Transactions).

(6) Impuesto Sobre el Trafico de Empresas (Business Trade Tax).

(7) Impuestos Especiales de Fabricacion (Special Products Tax).

(8) Impuesto Sobre el Petroleo y Derivados (Tax on Petroleum and its By-Products).

(9) Impuesto Sobre el Uso de Telefona (Telephone Tax).

(10) Impuesto General Sobre la Renta de Sociedades y demas Entidades Juridicas (General Corporation Income Tax).

(11) Impuesto Industrial (Industrial Tax).

(12) Impuesto de Rentas Sobre el Capital (Capital Gains Tax).

(13) Plus Vailia (Increase on Real Property).

(14) Contribucion Territorial Urbana (Metropolitan Real Estate Tax).

(15) Contribucion Territorial Rustica y Pecuaria (Farmland Real Estate Tax).

(16) Impuestos de la Diputacion (County Service Charges).

(17) Impuestos Municipal y Tasas Parafiscales (Municipal Tax and Charges).

(End of clause)

[62 FR 34133, June 24, 1997, as amended at 77 FR 19131, Mar. 30, 2012]

## Active Class Deviations Affecting This Clause

### Class Deviation 2026-O0007, DFARS RFO Implementation (Part 29)
- Status: Active
- Date Issued: 2026-02-01
- Change type: MODIFIED
- Action: Modified by RFO class deviation

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-252.229-7005