The period for the submission of Personal Income and Wealth Tax Returns for 2023 opened on 3 April 2024.
Personal Income Tax (Form 100) and Wealth Tax (Form 714) returns must be filed between 3 April and 1 July 2024 inclusive.
Taxpayers who opt to pay any tax amounts due on Income and Wealth by direct debit must pay by 26 June 2024.
It is important to bear in mind that both personal income and wealth tax returns can only be filed in electronic form.
Among the new sections that have been included in Personal Income Tax Form 100, we would particularly highlight the specific section on merger, split-off, share swap and non-monetary contribution transactions. Specifically, in Annex C.2 of Form 100, personal income tax payers must provide information on the type of transaction engaged in, the company or companies in which shares or holdings have been acquired, and the type of item transferred, and they must provide information about the capital gain or equity loss deferred as a consequence of the transaction being made subject to the special regulations.
This represents an additional measure by which the Tax Authority can monitor corporate restructuring operations that are engaged in under the tax neutrality rules, together with the taxpayers involved in such operations.
Another significant new development in the section on deductions from the total tax payable is the inclusion of nine separate entries for the collection of additional information on the new incentives relating to the acquisition of electric vehicles and charging points.
With regard to the Wealth Tax, the Community of Madrid has approved, as a transitional measure while the Temporary Solidarity Tax on Large Fortunes (Impuesto Temporal de Solidaridad de las Grandes Fortunas) remains in place, a specific autonomous community rebate amounting to the difference between the total tax amount payable once the combined limit set out in Article 31 of Act 19 of 6 June 1991 has been applied, and the total tax amount payable in respect of the Temporary Solidarity Tax on Large Fortunes, once the combined limit established in Article 3.12 of Act 38 of 27 December 2022 has been applied.
One peculiar feature is that the 2023 returns submitted in respect of Wealth Tax must include a declaration of any virtual currency that has some financial value, as an intangible asset. In these returns, taxpayers must declare the balance in euros of each virtual currency that they held on the date on which the tax accrued (31 December 2023).
Finally, one further detail that should be remembered is that for 2024, the official interest rate will remain at 3.25%, and the late payment interest rate at 4.0625%, and these will remain unchanged until the 2024 General State Budget Act is approved and comes into force, something that has not yet happened.