04/July/2019

The Tax Agency has returned over 7.487 million euros to 11.3 million taxpayers since the end of the campaign

2018 Income Tax Campaign

More than 78% of the refunds and 69% of the amounts requested have already been paid to taxpayers
A total of 20,600,000 tax returns have been registered, with a strong recovery in tax returns with payments due as a result of particularly strong growth in capital gains
Returns with the Agency's mobile application have reached a total of almost 290,000, 45% up on last year, while the telephone-assisted returns have reached almost 240,000, an increase of 33%

July 4, 2019 .- The Tax Agency has already returned 7,487 million euros to 11,356,000 taxpayers after concluding the Personal Income Tax campaign corresponding to 2018 (IRPF 2018), so that, at this time, 78.6% of the refunds requested and 69.1% of the amounts have already been paid. The amount returned increases by 6.2% and the number of refunds is up by 0.5%.

The Agency has received 20,600,000 Income Tax returns, 863,000 euros more than in the previous campaign at the same date. Tax Returns with requests for refunds have reached a total of almost 14,450,000 – 70% of the total. The strong increase in tax returns with payments due is noteworthy, with numbers up by 5.5% and an increase of more than 18% in amounts of payments due. This change is mainly due to the strong increase in capital gains, and also to the fact that in previous years returns filed before the deadline continued to be recognised in the days and weeks following the end of the campaign – especially in the case of pre-tax returns with payments due – while this year all returns are registered at the closing date.

Promoting alternative telematic methods

The most noteworthy feature of this campaign, now completed, includes the consolidation of the two alternative remote filing methods to the Agency's website (the mobile application and the "Le llamamos" (We call you) plan for filing tax returns by phone), which have received a new boost in this campaign. Meanwhile, the traditional in-person service in branches has remained in place, and more than 2.1 million returns have been filed on Income Tax platforms, a very similar figure to that of last year.

With regard to the mobile application, more than 289,800 returns have been filed, 45.5% up on the previous campaign. 221,000 of these were 'one-click' filings, and the rest correspond to cases where the taxpayer was referred to the Tax Agency website from the app to make a modification and then returned to the app to finish the process.

At the same time, the number of tax returns made by taxpayers who have arranged an appointment for the Tax Agency's 'Callback Scheme' has also increased. More than 239,600 returns have been filed over the phone (33.3% up on last year).

As the 'Callback Scheme' has absorbed the old system of telephone calls, it has allowed for better planning of the telephone service and therefore is faster as a support tool designed as a great alternative to in-person assistance, so that taxpayers who are less well-versed in new technologies have access to a telephone helpline, and can file tax returns and if it is the case, receive their rebates earlier.

The new boost to these alternative electronic filing methods, together with the improvements to RENTA WEB, have contributed to an acceleration of tax returns filed in the first section of the campaign. Similarly, the fact that taxpayers were able to prepare themselves in advance again this year, using basic aids two weeks before the start of the campaign, such as downloading tax data and obtaining their reference number.

Thus, by the time branch assistance opened, on 14 May, 574,000 more taxpayers had already filed their tax return than last year at the same date. Of this increase, 236,000 were taxpayers who, in the previous campaign, waited to receive in-branch assistance, but who decided to use one of the various remote filing methods this year to speed up the process and to avoid having to travel to physical Tax Agency branches.

Securities portfolio

The now completed campaign also featured the inclusion of the securities portfolio in RENTA WEB. This tool, which has been used by nearly 270,000 taxpayers, lets you directly view the composition and all the operations in the portfolio at 1 January of the year the tax is accrued (this campaign is for 2018) and input all income generated on sales of quoted shares, facilitating filing of gains and losses.

At the same time, any data that the taxpayer still needs to fill in, specifically historical share acquisition prices, will be saved on the system for future years and the calculation of gains and losses will be done automatically in future.

Wealth Tax

In parallel to the Personal Income Tax Campaign, the Agency began the campaign of Wealth Tax, to be declared by taxpayers who owe taxes (after applying the pertinent deductions and discounts) and by taxpayers who do not owe taxes but who last year had assets and rights to the value of over 2 million euros. To date, almost 205,000 Wealth Tax returns have already been registered and the amount of payments due stands at 1,115 million euros.

IRPF 2018 (Data as of July 4)

	*Personal income tax 2017*	*Personal income tax 2018*	% 2018/2017
*NAVIGATION RENTA WEB* *(nº. of taxpayers)*	15,791,029	18,033,133	14.20%
Declarations presented	19,741,081	20,604,531	4.37%
Tax returns with taxes owed	5,042,143	5,317,302	5.46%
Amount (million €)	10,112,887	11,950.032	18.17%
*Tax returns with application for refund*	13,919,080	14,447,171	3.79%
Amount (million €)	9,995,679	10,833,642	8.38%
*Refunds Paid*	11,294,781	11,356,298	0.54%
Amount (million €)	7,046.184	7,487,005	6.26%

Note:

The sum of the tax returns to pay and refunds does not match the returns filed because negative returns and returns waiving refund were not included.

Declarations presented

PROVINCIAL OFFICES	Total tax returns filed Personal income tax 2017	Total tax returns filed Personal income tax 2018	% Variation Presented 2018/2017
ALMERÍA	295,658	312,701	5.76%
CÁDIZ	352,572	370,907	5.20%
CÓRDOBA	335,312	347,381	3.60%
GRANADA	378,942	394,390	4.08%
HUELVA	219,024	230,073	5.04%
JAÉN	289,614	298,182	2.96%
MÁLAGA	633,024	671,621	6.10%
SEVILLA	743,900	783,845	5.37%
JEREZ	103,859	109,218	5.16%
CEUTA	29,375	30,847	5.01%
MELILLA	28,837	30,734	6.58%
ANDALUSIA	3,410,117	3,579,899	4.98%
HUESCA	111,169	114,623	3.11%
TERUEL	68,944	70,635	2.45%
ZARAGOZA	502,897	519,867	3.37%
ARAGÓN	683,010	705,125	3.24%
OVIEDO	330,759	339,180	2.55%
GIJÓN	172,187	176,761	2.66%
ASTURIAS	502,946	515,941	2.58%
BALEARIC ISLANDS	505,631	533,799	5.57%
BALEARIC ISLANDS	505,631	533,799	5.57%
LAS PALMAS	438,924	466,165	6.21%
STA. CRUZ DE TENERIFE	396,819	420,697	6.02%
CANARY ISLANDS	835,743	886,862	6.12%
CANTABRIA	275,705	285,731	3.64%
CANTABRIA	275,705	285,731	3.64%
ALBACETE	178,107	184,143	3.39%
CIUDAD REAL	212,277	219,132	3.23%
CUENCA	91,484	93,830	2.56%
GUADALAJARA	120,837	125,566	3.91%
TOLEDO	298,924	311,038	4.05%
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA	901,629	933,709	3.56%
ÁVILA	75,283	77,121	2.44%
BURGOS	193,285	197,860	2.37%
LEÓN	229,590	235,330	2.50%
PALENCIA	83,942	86,157	2.64%
SALAMANCA	163,521	167,903	2.68%
SEGOVIA	75,936	78,356	3.19%
SORIA	49,155	50,278	2.28%
VALLADOLID	268,918	277,886	3.33%
ZAMORA	83,787	85,299	1.80%
CASTILE-LEÓN	1,223,417	1,256,190	2.68%
BARCELONA	2,619,548	2,730,255	4.23%
GIRONA	330,466	343,992	4.09%
LLEIDA	199,126	205,568	3.24%
TARRAGONA	352,471	367,326	4.21%
CATALONIA	3,501,611	3,647,141	4.16%
BADAJOZ	282,218	295,631	4.75%
CÁCERES	177,139	184,559	4.19%
EXTREMADURA	459,357	480,190	4.54%
LA CORUÑA	543,319	563,574	3.73%
LUGO	159,600	163,945	2.72%
OURENSE	143,884	148,286	3.06%
PONTEVEDRA	249,876	260,344	4.19%
VIGO	176,662	184,260	4.30%
GALICIA	1,273,341	1,320,409	3.70%
MADRID	3,218,764	3,375,229	4.86%
MADRID	3,218,764	3,375,229	4.86%
MURCIA	467,040	490,644	5.05%
CARTAGENA	133,623	139,742	4.58%
MURCIA	600,663	630,386	4.95%
NAVARRE	1904	2,147	12.76%
NAVARRE	1904	2,147	12.76%
ÁLAVA	1,041	1,082	3.94%
GUIPÚZCOA	1,217	1,340	10.11%
VIZCAYA	2,216	2,424	9.39%
BASQUE COUNTRY	4,474	4,846	8.31%
LA RIOJA	162,317	168,172	3.61%
LA RIOJA	162,317	168,172	3.61%
ALICANTE	736,988	775,666	5.25%
CASTELLÓN	275,568	286,772	4.07%
VALENCIA	1,167,896	1,216,317	4.15%
VALENCIAN COMMUNITY	2,180,452	2,278,755	4.51%
NATIONAL TOTAL	19,741,081	20,604,531	4.37%

Requested and paid refunds (amounts in million euros)

PROVINCIAL OFFICES	Requested (number) Personal Income Tax 2018	Paid (No.) Personal income tax 2018	% Paid/req.	Requested amount Personal income tax 2018	Amount paid Personal income tax 2018	% Paid/req.
ALMERÍA	231,251	188,093	81.34%	136,461	99,362	72.81%
CÁDIZ	271,570	217,247	80.00%	209,334	153,427	73.29%
CÓRDOBA	248,499	193,033	77.68%	153,891	109,160	70.93%
GRANADA	275,979	209,323	75.85%	187,199	127,291	68.00%
HUELVA	175,592	139,702	79.56%	103,985	74,562	71.70%
JAÉN	220,824	172,127	77.95%	122,673	86,861	70.81%
MÁLAGA	467,637	357,607	76.47%	341,830	231,687	67.78%
SEVILLA	565,520	440,124	77.83%	414,462	285,862	68.97%
JEREZ	82,160	67,634	82.32%	58,294	43,772	75.09%
CEUTA	24,475	18,672	76.29%	18,428	12,667	68.74%
MELILLA	24,115	17,897	74.22%	18,437	11,966	64.91%
ANDALUSIA	2,587,622	2,021,459	78.12%	1,764,993	1,236,619	70.06%
HUESCA	76,208	59,310	77.83%	51,882	35,249	67.94%
TERUEL	48,195	38,719	80.34%	29,260	20,586	70.36%
ZARAGOZA	346,164	274,893	79.41%	249,494	176,118	70.59%
ARAGÓN	470,567	372,922	79.25%	330,636	231,953	70.15%
OVIEDO	245,756	199,899	81.34%	195,867	143,908	73.47%
GIJÓN	123,564	99,925	80.87%	94,433	68,703	72.75%
ASTURIAS	369,320	299,824	81.18%	290,300	212,611	73.24%
BALEARIC ISLANDS	324,035	239,237	73.83%	247,652	160,626	64.86%
BALEARIC ISLANDS	324,035	239,237	73.83%	247,652	160,626	64.86%
LAS PALMAS	353,808	276,497	78.15%	259,469	176,574	68.05%
TENERIFE	315,591	251,499	79.69%	224,246	156,642	69.85%
CANARY ISLANDS	669,399	527,996	78.88%	483,715	333,216	68.89%
CANTABRIA	209,065	160,219	76.64%	162,943	109,059	66.93%
CANTABRIA	209,065	160,219	76.64%	162,943	109,059	66.93%
ALBACETE	135,625	109,183	80.50%	90,682	65,182	71.88%
CIUDAD REAL	163,047	131,985	80.95%	107,076	78,317	73.14%
CUENCA	69,746	56,022	80.32%	44,194	30,973	70.08%
GUADALAJARA	91,612	73,512	80.24%	69,950	50,875	72.73%
TOLEDO	232,742	187,517	80.57%	159,837	116,344	72.79%
C. -LA MANCHA	692,772	558,219	80.58%	471,739	341,691	72.43%
ÁVILA	57,444	46,955	81.74%	37,800	27,537	72.85%
BURGOS	142,349	112,807	79.25%	112,679	78,936	70.05%
LEÓN	171,924	138,812	80.74%	121,494	88,178	72.58%
PALENCIA	62,141	51,113	82.25%	43,270	32,072	74.12%
SALAMANCA	120,291	97,550	81.10%	82,368	59,249	71.93%
SEGOVIA	57,286	45,968	80.24%	40,008	28,353	70.87%
SORIA	36,962	29,933	80.98%	25,093	17,791	70.90%
VALLADOLID	206,200	168,198	81.57%	158,958	115,991	72.97%
ZAMORA	63,452	51,885	81.77%	39,290	28,697	73.04%
C. and LEÓN	918,049	743,221	80.96%	660,960	476,803	72.14%
BARCELONA	1,682,970	1,280,103	76.06%	1,437,539	969,248	67.42%
GIRONA	213,174	158,199	74.21%	166,263	109,588	65.91%
LLEIDA	133,806	102,428	76.55%	94,274	63,974	67.86%
TARRAGONA	240,113	180,719	75.26%	186,224	124,346	66.77%
CATALONIA	2,270,063	1,721,449	75.83%	1,884,300	1,267.156	67.25%
BADAJOZ	211,311	167,289	79.17%	116,375	82,875	71.21%
CÁCERES	129,043	104,764	81.19%	69,807	50,581	72.46%
EXTREMADURA	340,354	272,053	79.93%	186,182	133,455	71.68%
LA CORUÑA	388,952	310,640	79.87%	273,334	193,657	70.85%
LUGO	116,751	94,856	81.25%	72,974	51,642	70.77%
OURENSE	97,956	79,649	81.31%	56,735	40,309	71.05%
PONTEVEDRA	185,069	148,100	80.02%	125,387	88,744	70.78%
VIGO	129,558	104,982	81.03%	97,197	70,225	72.25%
GALICIA	918,286	738,227	80.39%	625,627	444,576	71.06%
MADRID	2,488,395	1,988,870	79.93%	2,209,857	1,503,016	68.01%
MADRID	2,488,395	1,988,870	79.93%	2,209,857	1,503,016	68.01%
MURCIA	357,663	277,465	77.58%	252,830	171,446	67.81%
CARTAGENA	101,535	79,272	78.07%	73,672	51,635	70.09%
MURCIA	459,198	356,737	77.69%	326,502	223,081	68.32%
NAVARRE	1,493	769	51.51%	0.838	0.339	40.49%
NAVARRE	1,493	769	51.51%	0.838	0.339	40.49%
ÁLAVA	745	451	60.54%	0.410	0.187	45.69%
GUIPÚZCOA	936	573	61.22%	0.515	0.238	46.15%
VIZCAYA	1,646	985	59.84%	1,000	0.405	40.54%
BASQUE COUNTRY	3,327	2009	60.38%	1,926	0.831	43.14%
LA RIOJA	120,743	90,126	74.64%	85,165	55,074	64.67%
LA RIOJA	120,743	90,126	74.64%	85,165	55,074	64.67%
ALICANTE	540,084	428,324	79.31%	349,723	244,994	70.05%
CASTELLÓN	204,315	160,405	78.51%	138,179	95,526	69.13%
VALENCIA	860,084	674,232	78.39%	612,407	416,377	67.99%
VALENCIAN COMMUNITY	1,604,483	1,262,961	78.71%	1,100,309	756,897	68.79%
NATIONAL TOTAL	14,447,171	11,356,298	78.61%	10,833,642	7,487,003	69.11%

Refunds paid number and amount 2017/2018

(amounts in millions of euros)

PROVINCIAL OFFICES	Paid (no.) Personal Income Tax 2017	Paid (No.) Personal income tax 2018	% Var.2018/ 2017	Amount Paid Personal income tax 2017		% Var.2018/ 2017
ALMERÍA	183,793	188,093	2.34%	91,081	99,362	9.09%
CÁDIZ	215,314	217,247	0.90%	146,447	153,427	4.77%
CÓRDOBA	201,453	193,033	- 4.18%	102,752	109,160	6.24%
GRANADA	216,761	209,323	-3.43%	121,303	127,291	4.94%
HUELVA	140,071	139,702	-0.26%	70,654	74,562	5.53%
JAÉN	183,385	172,127	-6.14%	87,522	86,861	-0.76%
MÁLAGA	355,099	357,607	0.71%	216,465	231,687	7.03%
SEVILLA	436,153	440,124	0.91%	266,984	285,862	7.07%
JEREZ	66,110	67,634	2.31%	40,348	43,772	8.49%
CEUTA	18,362	18,672	1.69%	11,462	12,667	10.51%
MELILLA	17,062	17,897	4.89%	10,693	11,966	11.90%
ANDALUSIA	2,033,563	2,021,459	-0.60%	1,165,712	1,236,619	6.08%
HUESCA	60,625	59,310	-2.17%	34,009	35,249	3.65%
TERUEL	40,003	38,719	-3.21%	20.515	20,586	0.35%
ZARAGOZA	277,934	274,893	-1.09%	169,841	176,118	3.70%
ARAGÓN	378,562	372,922	-1.49%	224,365	231,953	3.38%
OVIEDO	199,300	199,899	0.30%	138,130	143,908	4.18%
GIJÓN	99,500	99,925	0.43%	65,406	68,703	5.04%
ASTURIAS	298,800	299,824	0.34%	203,535	212,611	4.46%
BALEARIC ISLANDS	236,023	239,237	1.36%	148,475	160,626	8.18%
BALEARIC ISLANDS	236,023	239,237	1.36%	148,475	160,626	8.18%
LAS PALMAS	260,381	276,497	6.19%	159,372	176,574	10.79%
TENERIFE	238,412	251,499	5.49%	141,233	156,642	10.91%
CANARY ISLANDS	498,793	527,996	5.85%	300,605	333,216	10.85%
CANTABRIA	161,128	160,219	-0.56%	105,618	109,059	3.26%
CANTABRIA	161,128	160,219	-0.56%	105,618	109,059	3.26%
ALBACETE	108,852	109,183	0.30%	60,536	65,182	7.67%
CIUDAD REAL	133,772	131,985	-1.34%	75,515	78,317	3.71%
CUENCA	56,763	56,022	- 1.31%	29,165	30,973	6.20%
GUADALAJARA	72,665	73,512	1.17%	47,758	50,875	6.53%
TOLEDO	184,104	187,517	1.85%	106,768	116,344	8.97%
C. -LA MANCHA	556,156	558,219	0.37%	319,742	341,691	6.86%
ÁVILA	47,307	46,955	-0.74%	25,917	27,537	6.25%
BURGOS	114,936	112,807	- 1.85%	77,846	78,936	1.40%
LEÓN	139,051	138,812	- 0.17%	86,002	88,178	2.53%
PALENCIA	51,775	51,113	-1.28%	31,852	32,072	0.69%
SALAMANCA	98,387	97,550	-0.85%	58,717	59,249	0.91%
SEGOVIA	46,200	45,968	-0.50%	26,837	28,353	5.65%
SORIA	30,160	29,933	-0.75%	17,373	17,791	2.41%
VALLADOLID	167,893	168,198	0.18%	112,785	115,991	2.84%
ZAMORA	52,329	51,885	-0.85%	27,798	28,697	3.23%
C. and LEÓN	748,038	743,221	-0.64%	465,125	476,803	2.51%
BARCELONA	1,303,764	1,280,103	-1.81%	924,951	969,248	4.79%
GIRONA	161,601	158,199	-2.11%	103,322	109,588	6.07%
LLEIDA	103,956	102,428	- 1.47%	59,787	63,974	7.00%
TARRAGONA	183,771	180,719	-1.66%	115,884	124,346	7.30%
CATALONIA	1,753,092	1,721,449	-1.80%	1,203,943	1,267.156	5.25%
BADAJOZ	163,325	167,289	2.43%	73,487	82,875	12.77%
CÁCERES	102,306	104,764	2.40%	46,128	50,581	9.65%
EXTREMADURA	265,631	272,053	2.42%	119,615	133,455	11.57%
LA CORUÑA	309,770	310,640	0.28%	179,415	193,657	7.94%
LUGO	94,811	94,856	0.05%	46,923	51,642	10.06%
OURENSE	79,255	79,649	0.50%	36,407	40,309	10.72%
PONTEVEDRA	145,020	148,100	2.12%	80,435	88,744	10.33%
VIGO	103,621	104,982	1.31%	65,546	70,225	7.14%
GALICIA	732,477	738,227	0.79%	408,725	444,576	8.77%
MADRID	1,915,885	1,988,870	3.81%	1,407,150	1,503,016	6.81%
MADRID	1,915,885	1,988,870	3.81%	1,407,150	1,503,016	6.81%
MURCIA	278,192	277,465	-0.26%	160,565	171,446	6.78%
CARTAGENA	80,869	79,272	-1.97%	49,875	51,635	3.53%
MURCIA	359,061	356,737	-0.65%	210,440	223,081	6.01%
NAVARRE	950	769	-19.05%	0.394	0.339	-13.98%
NAVARRE	950	769	-19.05%	0.394	0.339	-13.98%
ÁLAVA	522	451	-13.60%	0.203	0.187	-7.89%
GUIPÚZCOA	652	573	-12.12%	0.258	0.238	-7.70%
VIZCAYA	1,079	985	-8.71%	0.509	0.405	-20.37%
BASQUE COUNTRY	2,253	2009	-10.83%	0.970	0.831	-14.39%
LA RIOJA	90,350	90,126	- 0.25%	51,232	55,074	7.50%
LA RIOJA	90,350	90,126	- 0.25%	51,232	55,074	7.50%
ALICANTE	420,612	428,324	1.83%	228,713	244,994	7.12%
CASTELLÓN	161,819	160,405	-0.87%	89,400	95,526	6.85%
VALENCIA	681,588	674,232	-1.08%	392,423	416,377	6.10%
VALENCIAN COMMUNITY	1,264,019	1,262,961	-0.08%	710,536	756,897	6.52%
NATIONAL TOTAL	11,294,781	11,356,298	0.54%	7,046.184	7,487,003	6.26%

The Tax Agency has returned 7,487 million euros to more than 11.3 million taxpayers after the closing of the campaign (202 Kb - pdf )