One in three tax returns in Catalonia will be due in 2025.

MadridUnless the 2025 income tax return campaign for 2024 income and expenses begins, the Spanish Tax Agency's machinery began operating on April 2 and will continue until June 30. For now, online tax returns are available, while telephone tax returns will not be available until May 6 (appointments can be made starting April 29) and in-person tax returns will not be available until June 2 (with appointments starting May 29).

For this year's campaign, the Spanish Tax Agency forecasts a slight increase in the number of tax return filings by Catalan taxpayers: 4,344,099 returns, a 3% increase compared to the number filed in 2024, corresponding to 2003.4. Across the country, more than 24 million tax returns are expected.

In terms of results, that is, whether the income tax return will be refunded by the Treasury or paid by the taxpayer, the Tax Agency predicts that in the Catalan case the amount to be refunded will double (2,398 million, 9% more), while it estimates collecting 4,361 million euros from Catalan taxpayers, one 1 In Spain as a whole, the agency expects to collect 19 billion euros, 13.3% more than a year ago. Refunds, meanwhile, will total more than 14 billion euros, 9.6% more than the previous year.

Presence in Catalonia is maintained

In a press conference on the role of the Catalan treasury in this campaign, and coinciding with the agreement between the Generalitat and the State to strengthen the Catalan Tax Agency, the agency's general director, Soledad Fernández, has emphasized that the resources available in Catalonia are the same as a year ago. "We have no reason to reduce our presence," she asserted at a press conference.

"The speed, since the [income tax campaign] deadline opened at midnight, makes one think there's a race to see who files their tax return first; it's incredible," said Fernández. "We're receiving around 1,400 tax returns per minute," she added.

Who isn't required to file a tax return?

As the Treasury Department reminds us, taxpayers with income exclusively from employment up to €22,000 per year are generally not required to file a tax return. However, this limit is reduced in some cases: for example, if the income comes from more than one payer (with some exceptions), or when the payer is not required to withhold tax and when the income is subject to a fixed withholding rate. In these cases, the limit will be €15,876 per year. As in the previous year, recipients of the minimum living income must file a tax return, as must self-employed workers.