Balance of the extraordinary regularisation procedure.

 

• Returning pensioners and foreigners established in Spain have regularized outstanding contributions since 2010 without the application of penalties, surcharges or interest
• The amount paid is similar to the cost of reducing withholdings to 15% for all self-employed workers in 2015
• The Tax Agency has received more than 32,000 requests for the return of penalties and surcharges issued for regularisations prior to the extraordinary procedure, and has already returned 13 million euros
• The Agency has provided in-person assistance to more than 74,000 taxpayers and has sent more than 650,000 letters informing potential beneficiaries of the process.

 

July 29, 2015.- A total of 145,248 taxpayers have benefited from the extraordinary process opened between January and June of this year for the regularization of pensions from abroad without the application of penalties, surcharges or interest. In these six months, both returning national pensioners and foreigners established in Spain have regularised a total of 309 million euros in personal income tax contributions from the 2010-2013 periods, which is close, for example, to the cost of the recent reduction in withholdings to 15% for all self-employed workers in 2015.

In this process, taxpayers have submitted more than 392,000 self-assessments, which, taking into account the total amount paid for the adjustments, means that the average amount paid per year amounts to 891 euros.

The extraordinary regularization period was also accompanied by a procedure for the forgiveness of penalties, surcharges and interest that the Tax Agency had issued for regularizations prior to the process opened between January and June of this year. The total number of applications for debt forgiveness has reached 32,414 and the Agency has so far agreed to repay more than 13 million euros.

 

Assistance and information

Throughout the regularisation and forgiveness process, the Tax Agency has provided in-person assistance to more than 74,400 taxpayers and has previously sent more than 651,000 information letters on the procedure to potential beneficiaries.