4.1.6. Civic-Tax Education Programme

During 2018, there has been a relaunch of the Civic-Tax Education Program developed by the Tax Agency since 2003. In collaboration with the educational community, various activities were carried out for children and teenagers, to promote tax awareness among future taxpayers, so that they assume their tax responsibility as one of the values in which a democratic society is organised. All the activities in this field were carried out by staff of the Tax Agency who participated voluntarily. In this tax year, the Delegations of the Tax Agency conducted the following activities:

• Open days (visits to the Delegations) with the participation of about 12,554 students (Primary, ESO and Baccalaureate).

• Visits to educational centers by Tax Agency personnel, with the participation of more than 31,329 students.

• Courses and talks have also been given in Faculties and University Schools, with the participation of 1,835 students.

These figures mean that the Tax Agency has reached 28.11% more schoolchildren and university students during 2018 than the previous year, which reflects the boost given to the subject.

Another important milestone has been the launch, in November 2017, of the European Tax Education Portal TAXEDU, in whose development the Tax Agency has participated very actively.

In addition, this year the national Civic-Tax Education writing contest has been resumed.