2015 Income Tax Campaign

• 83% of the refunds and 72% of the amounts requested have already been paid to taxpayers
• 81% of the declarations have been submitted online, 1,219,000 more than in the previous campaign and almost 48% more than five years ago, when measures began to be reinforced to promote telematic means.
• Of the total presentations, 9.7 million have been made through the new 'RENTA WEB' platform

 

August 1, 2016.- The Tax Agency has already returned, as of July 29, 7,877 million euros to 12,157,000 taxpayers, so that 83% of the refunds and 72% of the amounts requested in the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) campaign corresponding to the 2015 financial year have already been paid. Refunds paid grew by 1.3% in number and 3% in amount compared to the same date last year, in line with the year-on-year increase in refund requests and their amount.

Almost all of the tax returns that were not yet accounted for at the close of the Income Campaign, on June 30, have now been incorporated, with more than 19,469,000 returns presented, 1% more than in the previous campaign. on the same dates, which confirms the recovery of the number of personal income tax filers that began then.

More than 15,870,000 declarations, 81.5% of the total, have been filed online, a filing method used by 1,219,000 more taxpayers than the previous year and almost 48% more than five years ago, when they began. to reinforce measures to promote telematic means as the main presentation formula, streamlining taxpayer procedures and, where appropriate, the corresponding returns.

 

More than 9.7 million declarations with 'RENTA WEB'

This streamlining of the filing process has been boosted by the use of the new 'RENTA WEB' platform as the main tool for taxpayers to prepare and file their returns.

After incorporating practically all the declarations, more than 9,722,000 declarations have been presented with the new platform, which represents an increase of 15.5% with respect to the online draft presentations that the Agency had registered in the same dates last year.

Faced with this, filings with the 'PADRE' program decrease by more than 10%, due to the reduction in the group of taxpayers who this year have continued to be required to file their declaration with the traditional aid program offered by the Tax Agency.

 

Wealth Tax

In parallel to the Personal Income Tax Campaign, the Agency has developed the campaign for Wealth Tax, which must be declared by taxpayers who owe taxes (after applying relevant deductions and discounts) and by taxpayers who do not owe taxes but who last year had assets and rights worth over 2 million euros.

After incorporating the presentations pending accounting, just over 188,300 Asset declarations have been registered, of which more than 163,000 have been deposited, for an amount of more than 995 million euros.

 

The following Tables are attached to the Press Release:

• IRPF 2015 (Data as of July 29)
• Refunds requested and paid (amounts in million euros)
• Refunds paid, number and amount Personal Income Tax 2015/2014 (amounts in millions of euros)
• Drafts – Renta Web presented
• Online presentations