Andalusia emerges as the region with the highest share of personal income tax filers receiving refunds. Data released by the Tax Office shows that 98.33 percent of taxpayers completed their refunds before the end of 2022, a touch above the national average of 97.5 percent. This brisk early-refund performance mirrors the broader efficiency of the regional tax administration in processing returns, ensuring residents receive funds promptly to support household spending and end-of-year financial planning. [Source: Tax Office data, attribution to national and regional reporting.]
When set against other regions, Andalusia is followed by La Rioja at 97.90 percent, the Canary Islands at 97.86 percent, Asturias at 97.85 percent, and Extremadura at 97.79 percent. Navarra shows the lowest rate at 81.04 percent, with the Basque Country at 82.63 percent, Catalonia at 96.30 percent, and the Balearic Islands at 96.96 percent. These differences reflect varying processing times, compliance patterns, and administrative practices across regions that influence how quickly refunds are issued to residents countrywide. [Source: Tax Office data, attribution to regional performance metrics.]
Moreover, Andalusia leads in the share of the total requested refunds that were issued before year-end, at 96.38 percent. In the next tier, Asturias stands at 96.25 percent, Extremadura at 95.70 percent, Cantabria at 95.66 percent, and La Rioja at 95.63 percent. The pattern underlines how regional operational performance affects not just the likelihood of receiving a refund, but also the total amount refunded on average to taxpayers in different areas. [Source: Tax Office data, attribution to refund-disbursement analysis.]
The lowest reach of requested refund totals occurred in Navarra at 69.34 percent, followed by the Basque Country at 77.32 percent, Catalonia at 93.38 percent, the Balearic Islands at 94.11 percent, and Madrid at 94.18 percent. These figures reveal substantial regional variation in refund disbursement and point to possible factors such as administrative backlogs, local filing habits, and the pace of corrections and verifications throughout the processing cycle. [Source: Tax Office data, attribution to regional backlogs and processing timelines.]
Madrid posted the highest average refund amount at 809.20 euros, with Catalonia close behind at 790.00 euros. Other notable averages include Asturias at 774.06 euros, Cantabria at 755.68 euros, and the Balearic Islands at 723.96 euros, while the national average hovers around 714.59 euros. These averages reflect regional cost structures and income profiles that shape the typical refund per filer across the country. [Source: Tax Office data, attribution to regional income patterns.]
By December 30 of the previous year, the Tax Office had distributed 9,672 million euros across Spain, representing about 94.9 percent of the total amount requested during the 2021 revenue campaign. This figure highlights the scale of refund activity and the efficiency of the tax system in moving funds to taxpayers as the year ends. [Source: Tax Office data, attribution to overall refund volume.]
In the 2021 revenue campaign, a total of 22.1 million returns were submitted with refund requests. Of these, 13.9 million were granted, while there was a slight decrease of 1.9 percent from the prior year and a modest rise of 2.15 percent in total refund requests compared with the year before. These trends illustrate evolving taxpayer behavior, the reach of the refund program, and the effectiveness of the administrative processes in handling large filing volumes within the annual cycle. [Source: Tax Office data, attribution to year-over-year trends.]