Catalonia was unified in 2021 as the autonomous community with the most wealth tax returns, lagging far behind the Valencia Community, Madrid and Andalusia in the following locations. But based on other parameters, wealth tax statistics released by the Tax Office this Monday show: Madrid As much as the community with the highest average net worth per filer (followed by Galicia, Balearic Islands, Murcia and Canary Islands) as the person who earns the least from this tax (zero euro as there is a 100% discount).
The richest filers
In 2022, as of December 31, 2021, a total of 231,376 Spanish taxpayers declared their assets due to having this tax (5.65% more than in the previous year). total value of more than two million Euro, according to statistics on this tax released this Monday by the Tax Office.
In particular, the new data shows, above all, the number of taxpayers with a tax base. Between 6 and 30 million eurosQ. In this case, the number of taxpayers valued between 6 and 30 million in real estate, shares, savings, insurance, jewellery, art and luxury goods after discounted debts increased from 7,421 in 2020 to 8,368 in 2021 (897 people) there is). more, a 12% increase).
In addition, the number of taxpayers declaring their tax base (assets minus liabilities). more than 30 million A total of 831 declarants increased by 14.7%.
Catalonia leader
Out of a total of 231,276 people filing wealth tax returns in 2021, 85,876 were taxpayers in Catalonia (4.14% more than in the previous campaign). The figure for Catalonia represents 37% of all applicants (one in 2.7 Catalans) and more than quadruple the 20,030 taxpayers. Madrid Even if they do not have to pay anything (due to the 100% discount available in the Madrid community) they have to declare wealth tax
Behind Catalonia, the census of wealth taxpayers is headed by: Valencian Community (27,610 declarants), Madrid (20,030), Andalusia (19,830) and Aragon (15,780). Data for the Balearic Islands falls below 10,000 (8,900) filing wealth tax returns. Galicia (8,550), Castile and Leon (7.680) and Canary Islands (6,780). In another sub-step we can put the following communities: Murcia (4.510), Asturias, (3.930), Castile la Mancha (3,920) Cantabrian (3,030) and Estremadura (1,280 taxpayers).
average net worth
Catalonia is the community with the most taxpayers and also most enrolling autonomous community for this tax. €593.72 million for wealth tax entered Catalonia’s autonomous coffers in 2021; this amount is 8.63 higher than the previous campaign and represents 43% of the total revenue (1.352 million euros) reported by this tribute to autonomous communities. .
Almost half of the revenue reported in the 2021 tax went to the Catalan coffers.
But the data shows that it is not Catalan taxpayers who declare the most assets. In total, they declared assets equivalent to €96,542 million (in shares, real estate, insurance, jewellery, art or other luxury goods). 112,882 million announced in Madrid.
In addition, in terms of average assets declared by each taxpayer, an average of 2.82 million Catalonia far behind 11.12 million Madrid; 6.67 percent of taxpayers Galicia; 3.99 of them Balearic Islands; 3.50 Murcia And Canary Islands and 3.08 Rioja, and almost on par with 2.86 million people Valencian Community or 2.84 million average assets declared Andalusia.