The tax return filing season is fast approaching, and with it comes the big question: will you owe money or receive a refund? To find out, you can now access and fill out this year's draft tax return. You can create the draft through the website provided by the Spanish Tax Agency. —the Lava Web Open Simulator—which will offer you an approximate projection. It has no legal effect whatsoever, but it helps to get an idea of ​​the outcome of the future tax return. Having this information in advance also allows workers to review all the data collected by the public agency and, in case of any errors, gives them more time to correct them.

The new income tax return campaign has already begun. In Catalonia, during the approximately three months it will last, the Tax Agency expects to refund 2,087 million euros to 2.2 million citizens. In contrast, the entity expects to collect 5,386 million euros from 1.9 million Catalans. The total amount of money that taxpayers will have to pay, therefore, increases by 15.6% compared to last year. Regarding wealth tax, the Tax Agency expects to collect 882 million euros. Thus, revenue from this tax will soar by 15.8% compared to what was collected last year, when the entity collected 761 million from Catalans. The number of declarations for this tax will also increase, going from 94,500 last year to more than 98,000 expected to be processed this year.