2008

It has already been returned to 96.9% of the taxpayers who requested it, while the amount paid is 99.4% of the amount requested.

The update of form 145 for communication of data to the payer for the calculation of withholdings on work performance related to Personal Income Tax is available on the Tax Agency website (www.agenciatributaria.es).

They had declared that the container from China was carrying electric generators. The market value of the seized tobacco would be €1,500,000.00.

Blow to the underground economy. The seized products were located in four warehouses in the San Luis industrial estate in Malaga. Operation "Dolphin" is a consequence of the investigations initiated in Irún at the end of 2007 and five people have been arrested. Among the seized merchandise are nearly one million high-end counterfeit watches. It is the largest operation of its kind ever carried out in Europe.

New measures to prevent tax fraud. The Tax Fraud Prevention Plan, which was launched in 2005, has resulted in twelve euros being collected for every euro spent on fraud prevention this year, double the figure for 2004. The aim is to continue with the measures that are already in place and to update the Plan by incorporating new lines of action, mainly in the shadow economy and taxpayer assistance. The Plan update is now available for public information and open to suggestions from social sectors.

The National Police and the Tax Agency dismantle one of the most important schemes in the purchase of cars from the EU. Eight people have been arrested for crimes against the public treasury, document falsification and money laundering. They used at least 23 commercial companies, created for these purposes, which in four years would have handled some €365,000,000 in operations and whose VAT has not been paid into the public coffers. There are 37 high-end vehicles seized, watches from prestigious brands, almost €170,000 in cash, 49 homes, 27 parking spaces, 10 rural properties, a 16-metre long boat and 81 bank accounts blocked.

Civic-Tax Education Program Initiative. The prizes will be awarded by the director of the Tax Agency, Luis Pedroche, and the event will be attended by the schoolchildren's families and teachers. The winners were selected from the letters of the provincial prizewinners and correspond to the representatives of Lleida, Zaragoza, Murcia and Alicante.

Operation White Cat has required more than a year of investigation. The fraud detected exceeds sixty million euros. Some thirty people and several tax warehouses and beverage factories in different provinces belonging to the organization were implicated. The organisation has fraudulently imported more than forty containers of counterfeit tobacco from China. The main centre was located in Galdácano (Vizcaya).

The special Customs Surveillance device in Andalusia has arrested five people responsible for the events

More than 400,000 families have received payment for the birth or adoption of children in the first year of application of the measure

Income Tax Campaign. The Tax Agency has refunded 8.676 billion euros to 11.7 million personal income tax filers up to 31 July. 80% of the refunds to taxpayers from the 2007 Income Tax Campaign have already been paid.

Six people have been arrested

Civil servants of the Department of Customs and Excise Duties of the Government Agency of the Tax Administration have culminated, after a long research, a significant operation against the illicit drug trafficking travelling to the European Union.

The joint operation is under the coordination of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office. Among those registered are tax consultancies, investment agencies and a private bank, located in Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga and Zaragoza. The total amount of hidden funds could exceed 200 million euros. The investigation is based on a complaint filed by the Tax Agency regarding undeclared investments in the LGT Group of Liechtenstein.

Thanks to an agreement signed today between the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs and the State Tax Administration Agency

Madrid June 19

The Tax Agency has already returned more than 4.2 billion euros to six million taxpayers

Its 15 crew members have been arrested, 12 of them Venezuelan, 2 Spanish (Galician) and 1 Italian. The assault took place about a thousand miles from the Canary Islands.

The Tax Agency has issued more than 2 million personal income tax refunds, 69% more than at similar times last year, for an amount of 1.451 billion euros. 3.8 million personal income tax returns have been filed so far, of which 1.5 million have been filed online.

Customs information allowed the location of imports

The deadline for filing Income and Asset Tax returns begins on May 2 and ends on June 30. The Tax Agency plans to return 11.425 billion euros to 14.2 million taxpayers. The expected tax returns are 4,200,000 for an amount of 11,650 million euros. Refunds amounting to 278.1 million euros have been issued, 8.7% more than at the same time last year, and 1,033,606 drafts have been confirmed to date, 4.7% more.

A sailboat weighing more than 6,000 kg was seized. of hashish 101 miles from Alicante with five crew members of various nationalities. Large quantities of hashish have been seized in four other operations carried out in recent days in Murcia, Girona, Valencia and Almería. So far this year, customs have seized nearly 90 tons of hashish.

This week, the Tax Agency sent the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office information on 80 bank deposits in Liechtenstein with 198 owners and individual beneficiaries residing in Spain, for investigation into the possible commission of a tax offence.

This is how the returns for the 2007 tax campaign begin. The sooner the draft is confirmed, the sooner the refund can be received. There are multiple ways to confirm the draft: Internet (www.agenciatributaria.es), automatic telephone service (901 12 12 24), SMS (5025), telephone (901 200 345), ATMs and bank branches. As of April 15, the Tax Agency has received 14,598,830 requests for draft forms and more than 5 million have already been sent to taxpayers.

2007 Income campaign There are multiple ways to confirm the draft: Internet (www.agenciatributaria.es), automatic telephone service (901 12 12 24), SMS (5025), telephone (901 200 345), ATMs and bank branches. The Tax Agency has received 14,218,982 requests for drafts up to 30 March, 33.79% more than the previous year at the same time. 1.2 million drafts have already been submitted.

The deadline will be extended from the entry into force of the Royal Decree Law

Blow to piracy: The operation was carried out jointly with the Civil Guard and is the largest of its kind in Spain. The six seized containers came from China.

The Tax Agency has today detected a new email communication in which your name and image are being fraudulently used.

Those taxpayers who did not indicate it in last year's Income Tax Return will be able to apply for it from March 3. In April the draft of the personal income tax will be confirmed.

The Tax Agency is analysing information on Spanish citizens included in Liechtenstein's lists of bank accounts and deposits allegedly used for tax evasion and fraud.

Results of the fight against fraud. In 2007, direct revenue from control activities amounted to 5,954 million, 12.1% more than in 2006. Revenue from voluntary adjustments amounted to 1.48 billion euros, 34.9% more than the previous year. In the real estate sector, the debt settled in 2007 amounted to 1.2 billion euros, 65% more, and the number of taxpayers inspected increased by 31%. The value of money laundering crimes reported to the courts by the Tax Agency in its investigations in 2007 reached 1.067 billion euros, almost three times more than the previous year.

Saving up to 9 billion sheets of paper makes electronic invoicing an important step forward in protecting the environment. With Facturae, the Ministries of Economy and Finance, and Industry, Tourism and Commerce guarantee a free, open format with maximum guarantees. Savings for companies will improve their competitiveness and productivity. The Public Sector Contracts Law will make the use of Electronic Invoicing mandatory with the Public Administration. Spain leads the development of Electronic Invoicing in Europe.

The amount of the payments exceeds 90 million euros. Applications can be submitted online, at the offices of the Tax Agency or by calling 901 200 345. Nearly 200,000 families have received the 2,500 euros since payments began in November last year.

General Guidelines of the Tax Control Plan for 2008. During 2007, 30 new investigative units were formed, specialising in the most complex forms of fraud, such as the detection of corporate structures and the use of tax havens, and which will now develop their full potential. In 2008, all transactions involving 500 euro notes in which tax fraud may be involved and for which information was collected in 2007 will be analysed. Control is maintained over the real estate sector, where the most significant percentage of actions by the Inspection Department are located.

The Tax Agency has today detected a new email communication in which your name and image are being fraudulently used.

The deception refers to a non-existent resolution of January 4, 2008

The amount of the payments is close to 400 million euros. As of December 31, 214,000 births or adoptions had been reported. Applications can be submitted online, at the offices of the Tax Agency or by calling 901 200 345.