Taxpayers in Spain will soon be able to pay their next income tax return by credit card or through the Bizum payment platform.
This was announced by the director general of the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT), Soledad Fernández Doctor, during a recent speech at the Congress of State Tax Inspectors in Córdoba.
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Income tax returns, known as la declaración de la renta in Spanish, will kick off its next campaign in the spring of 2025. Until now taxpayers in Spain had to use bank transfers or direct debits to pay off the ‘result’ of their tax return.
Explaining the change, Fernández stated that 36 percent of the Spanish population uses Bizum to make payments, and 32 percent do so by card, according to data from the Bank of Spain, and that the tax authorities could therefore not remain on the sidelines of financial trends.
The change will form part of a wider restructuring plan within tax services in Spain, the objective of which is emphasising the “centrality of the citizen”, Fernández added.
AEAT is trying to “make things easier for taxpayers”, including by expanding the range and method of services on offer so that taxpayers can choose when and how they want to be attended.
In terms of tax inspections, work is being carried out to improve taxpayer selection tasks and coordination between the different AEAT departments, as well as greater international coordination with tax authorities in other countries to improve joint actions.
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