3.3. Results obtained in accordance with other indicators established in previous years' Target Plans

In 2018, the Tax Agency modified its system of indicators, evolving from the cash system and focusing on influencing the fulfillment of one of the basic functions entrusted to it, the increase in voluntary collection, with respect to which Simple maximization of anti-fraud performance indicators may not be fully aligned. Although legislative measures have been adopted to increase self-assessed and deposited amounts (e.g. limitation of financial expenses, obligation to declare assets abroad, investment of the taxable person in VAT in real estate transfers...), their effectiveness would be limited if the behavior of the Tax Agency were subsequently passive.

Likewise, the use of anti-fraud result indicators only reflects a part of the effects of the Tax Agency's activity, with a temporal vision reduced to a specific year.

All these issues and the greater orientation aimed at assistance and fraud prevention actions, make it advisable to measure the results of the Tax Agency using an indicator such as net collection, which includes not only the income from the settlements carried out, but also the income self-assessed by taxpayers, in which the role of the Agency is of extraordinary importance.

Without prejudice to the above, it is appropriate to offer information on the results obtained in 2019 in accordance with the anti-fraud results indicators included in the Objective Plans of previous years.

The collection results in the prevention and fight against fraud of the Tax Agency reached a total amount of 15,714 million euros in 2019, which represents an increase of 4 percent compared to 2018 and a consolidation of the excellent results achieved in recent years.

In relation with this result, the Efficiency Index measures the amount obtained through these actions in the fight against fraud for each euro spent in the Agency. To calculate it, the following magnitudes are used:

The numerator includes, in millions of euros, the amount obtained through the fight against tax and customs fraud.
The denominator includes, in millions of euros, the amount of the annual budget of the Tax Agency, in terms of recognised obligations. It includes the cost of all the functions performed by the Tax Agency, since they all contribute to the fulfilment of its mission of ensuring the correct application of the State's tax and customs system.

According to the efficiency index, in 2019, for every euro spent in the Agency, 11.00 euros have been collected in the fight against fraud, a figure slightly lower than the previous year. Although the amount received from the fight against tax and customs fraud has been higher, the budget has also been higher, with this increase being motivated by higher personnel costs.

Data and graphs related to this issue are found in Annex Table 16. Efficiency index . New window

Regarding its composition, the 15,714 million euros obtained by the Tax Agency in the actions to prevent and combat tax and customs fraud include, on the one hand, the results of the prevention and control actions and, on the other, the income induced by such actions.