The Tax Agency has returned 11,269 million euros to 14.7 million taxpayers for the last income campaign, in which the 2022 personal income tax was settled. With an increase of 16.5% over last year, the data published This Thursday is the end of 2023, the moment until which the Treasury can check and pay statements without having to pay interest.
The amounts represent 97.5% of the returns requested in number and 95% of the amount requested, levels very similar to those of last year. In total, 23 million declarations were submitted, 3.9% more than the previous year, of which 65.5% (15 million) were with results to be returned and 6.4 million to be deposited.
Regarding those returns that have not been resolved, tax experts usually point out that this type of delay occurs in more complex income. If the Tax Agency finally pays any of those pending requests in 2024, it will have to apply interest on the amounts.
By autonomies, where the most has been paid is in the Community of Madrid (2,537 million euros), Catalonia (1,728 million euros) and Andalusia (1,946 million euros), which are the ones with the most contributors. If you look at the payment rate on requests, where the Tax Agency has made the most progress is in La Rioja (96.87%), Andalusia (96.26%), Asturias (96.09%) and Cantabria (96.01% ).
On the opposite side, among the common regime autonomies, returns are slower in the Balearic Islands, Aragon and Castilla-La Mancha, all of them slightly below 95%.
The vast majority of declarations are filed online. Up to 92% of taxpayers choose this route. Some 20.6 million were made through the web, with another 528,000 sent from the mobile application.
The data also shows that among those who need assistance, more returns are filed by phone than in person. With the Le Llamamos plan, for preparing declarations by telephone, 1.07 million declarations were made, a figure very similar to last year. 779,000 declarations were submitted in offices, 20% more than the previous year.
