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Form 100. Personal Income Tax Return 2018

10.2.10. For the purchase of textbooks and school supplies

Taxpayers may deduct amounts used to purchase textbooks for their children that have been published for primary and compulsory secondary education, as well as amounts used to purchase school supplies for these educational levels.

School supplies shall be understood as the set of means and resources that facilitate teaching and learning, intended to be used by students for the development and application of the contents determined by the curriculum of general education courses established by the current academic standard, as well as the equipment and accessories that the Management and/or the School Council of the educational center have approved for the educational stage of reference.

The acquisition of computer equipment (tablets, computers, etc.) used in school learning (doing work, searching for information, etc.) is NOT considered school supplies for the purposes of applying the deduction. They will only have such consideration when the center where the studies are taken has opted for the curricular material to be exclusively and necessarily in digital format.

The deduction will be applied with the following limits:

  1. In joint declarations, taxpayers for whom the amount resulting from the sum of the general tax base and the savings tax base is included in the sections indicated below, may deduct up to the following amounts:

    1. In the case of taxpayers who do not have the legal status of “large family”

      Up to 12,000 euros

      100 euros per child

      Between 12,001 and 20,000.00 euros

      50 euros per child

      Between 20,000.01 and 25,000.00 euros

      37.50 euros per child

    2. In the case of taxpayers who have the legal status of “large family”, a fixed amount of 150 euros for each descendant.

  2. In individual tax returns, taxpayers for whom the amount resulting from the sum of the general tax base and the savings tax base is included in the brackets indicated below, may deduct up to the following amounts:

    1. In the case of taxpayers who do not have the legal status of “large family”

      Up to 6,500 euros

      50 euros per child

      Between 6,500.01 and 10,000 euros

      37.50 euros per child

      Between 10,000.01 and 12,500.00

      25 euros per child

    2. In the case of taxpayers who have the legal status of “large family”, a fixed amount of 75 euros for each descendant.

The deduction resulting from the application of the previous sections must be reduced by the amount corresponding to the scholarships and grants received, in the tax period in question, from the Administration of the Autonomous Community of Aragon or from any other public administration that cover all or part of the expenses for the acquisition of the textbooks and school supplies indicated above.

For the application of this deduction, only those descendants who entitle them to the reduction provided for in the concept of minimum per descendants will be taken into account.

Likewise, for the application of the deduction, the following will be required, depending on the case:

  1. As a general rule, the amount resulting from the sum of the general tax base and the savings tax base does not exceed the amount of 25,000 euros in joint taxation and 12,500 in individual taxation.

  2. Taxpayers who have the legal status of “large family” whose total amount resulting from the sum of the general tax base and the savings tax base does not exceed the amount of 40,000 euros for joint taxation and 30,000 for individual taxation.

  3. Where applicable, documentary evidence of the purchase of textbooks and school supplies may be provided by means of an invoice or any other legal or economic means permitted by law.

    The deduction will correspond to the ascendant who has paid the amounts destined to the acquisition of textbooks or school supplies. However, in the case of marriages with the economic regime of the Aragonese marital consortium or similar, the amounts paid will be attributed to both spouses in equal parts.

COMPLETION: A window will open in which you must indicate for each child (the program allows space for up to 6 children):

  1. The amounts paid for the purchase of textbooks and school supplies by the holder of the declaration, if the spouse, where applicable, is also entitled to apply the deduction, will be recorded as 50 percent of the amounts.

  2. For each of the children, you must also indicate whether the spouse is also entitled to apply the deduction.

  3. Finally, you must record the amounts received, for each child, from scholarships or aid for the purchase of textbooks and school supplies.

On the other hand, you must indicate whether you are part of a large family by marking the box provided for this purpose with an X.