Autonomous communities there has been increased the amount collected in tax declaration.
He amount in favor of the Church has increased in relation to the previous year by € 17 millions, which represents an increase of 6.37%
Number of tax returns
The review of the tax allocation system in the Personal Income Tax Return, in force since 1 January 2007, requires the establishment of a settlement procedure of the tax allocation to the Catholic Church and the regularization of the resulting balance between the State and the Church.
Order of the Ministry of Economy and Finance EHA/2760/2008 of 25 September regulates this procedure and the actions of the different administrative bodies charged with the provisional and definitive settlements covered by the eighteenth additional provision of Act 51/2007 of 26 December on the General State Budget for the year 2008. The procedure regulated by this Order shall also be applicable both to the regularizations foreseen in the eighteenth additional provision, section three, of Act 42/2006 of 28 December on the General State Budget for the year 2007 and to those foreseen in successive annual laws on the General State Budget.
Order of the Ministry of Economy and Finance EHA/2760/2008 of 25 September
Once the Secretariat of State for Finance sends to the Episcopal Conference the figures corresponding to the definitive settlement of the amount corresponding to the last available year, in this case the result of the tax returns submitted in the spring of 2019 corresponding to the 2018 tax returns, the Episcopal Conference reports the data.
Allocation to the Church in euros
Summary breakdown of Tax Agency
HEADING
2016
2017
2018
Nº of Tax Returns to Church
7,112,844
7,164,502
7,191,387
% of Tax Returns to Church
33.54%
33.30%
32,32%
Allocation to Church (€)
256,661,678
268,048,006
285,115,797
Figures for Tax Allocation per year
Year
Amount
in euros
Number of
tax returns
Percentage of
tax returns
2009
249,983,345
7,260,138
34.75%
2010
248,600,716
7,454,823
35.71%
2011
247,935,801
7,357,037
34.83%
2012
248,521,593
7,339,102
34.87%
2013
249,911,425
7,268,597
34.88%
2014
252,287,369
7,291,771
34.76%
2015
249,614,608
7,347,612
34.93%
2016
256,208,146
7,112,844
34,93%
2017
285,115,797
7,164,502
33,30%
2018
285,115,797
7,192,009
33.32%
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Amount in euros
In 2018, the income of the Church by the Personal Income Tax reaches its historical maximum with 285.11 million euros.
Number of tax returns
The amount collected in favour of the Catholic Church grows in all the autonomous regions without exception, and in nine of them, in addition, there is also an increase in the number of taxpayers who mark the X. Above all, in Madrid, Andalusia, Murcia and Canaries.
Result of the tax allocation in the Personal Tax Declaration by Autonomous Region
Nª decl. 2017
% decl. 2017
Imp. (€)
2017
Nª decl. 2016
% decl. 2016
Imp. (€)
2016
Nª decl. 2015
% decl. 2015
Imp. (€)
2015
Andalucía
1.367,121
39,79%
36,208,238,57
1,330,098
39,40%
34,013,129,62
1,389,054
41,90%
33,426,105
Aragón
245,449
35,73%
7,864,262,47
247,557
36,26%
7,557,820,95
257,227
37,35%
7,707,479
Asturias
156,868
30,84%
5,156,379,09
157,051
30,90%
4,940,868,22
165,166
32,04%
5,023,518
Baleares
146,444
28,62%
6,040,540,18
146,091
29,20%
5,452,309,81
148,085
30,12%
5,173,063
Canarias
225,945
26,80%
7,255,595,54
220,948
27,13%
6,875,384,46
226,784
28,33%
6,548,949
Cantabria
106,143
38,11%
3,329,469,56
104,870
37,94%
3,177,657,02
108,773
39,25%
3,097,968
Castilla-La Mancha
418,334
46,09%
8,979,705,75
413,973
45,94%
8,512,062,93
442,673
48,87%
8,388,305
Castilla y León
531,572
43,16%
13,386,519,56
534,501
43,26%
13,062,829,41
557,491
44,91%
13,128,261
Cataluña
654,875
18,50%
32,745,958,65
671,994
19,21%
31,960,398,75
684,683
19,76%
30,537,745
Extremadura
208,900
45,09%
4,250,339,93
208,047
44,70%
4,104,772,54
220,910
46,86%
4,133,451
Galicia
334,057
25,98%
9,687,854,54
334,669
26,19%
9,412,922,32
341,018
27,34%
9,097,684
Madrid
1,257,811
38,74%
77,781,804,15
1,236,973
38,81%
73,964,028,66
1,249,773
39,72%
72,308,287
Murcia
269,472
44,57%
7,176,356,90
261,527
43,96%
6,671,353,01
272,058
46.05%
6,617,115
La Rioja
74,358
45.62%
2,160,085.45
73,655
45.37%
2,043,389.85
75,648
46.37%
1,995,211
Valencia
693,756
31.55%
21,932,027.76
681,778
31.86%
20,821,632.24
707,639
33.17%
20,090,647
Álava
61,323
34.44%
3,237,739.36
61,378
34.98%
2,931,033.59
60,682
34.89%
2,776,798
Guipuzcoa
76,409
20.18%
4,062,521.72
85,357
22.72%
4,422,402.60
91,117
24.34%
4,518,949
Vizcaya
172,283
30.13%
10,057,158.06
174,876
30.89%
9,902,266.78
178,593
31.61%
9,872,630
Navarra
163,382
33.87%
6,521,634.97
167,501
35.44%
6,381,883.00
170,238
36.23%
4,719,896
TOTAL
7,164,502
33.30%
268,048,006.00
7,112,844
33.54%
256,208,145.76