{"id":2305,"date":"2021-02-18T23:06:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ataspain.com\/en\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2021-02-18T23:06:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:06:11","slug":"do-you-need-to-complete-the-spanish-tax-declaration-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ataspain.com\/en\/do-you-need-to-complete-the-spanish-tax-declaration-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you need to complete the Spanish tax declaration this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We started with\u00a0<strong>Modelo 720 \u00a0<\/strong>in 2013. This form, issued by the Spanish Tax Authority, is for information purposes only according to a requirement that exists within the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Every resident who has assets outside of Spain over 50,000\u20ac, within any one group, has to complete\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p>The groups are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bank accounts (group 1)<\/li>\n<li>Pension plans and investments (group 2)<\/li>\n<li>Property (group 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The assets must be declared in three groups:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group 1<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Accounts held abroad<\/strong>\u00a0where the total balance of all the accounts\u00a0<strong>exceeds \u20ac50,000<\/strong>. This includes bank, savings and deposit accounts where you are the account holder or have had authorisation over the funds during 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group 2<\/strong>: Other\u00a0<strong>assets and pensions<\/strong>\u00a0held abroad exceeding \u20ac50,000 in value. This includes bonds, stocks and shares, life insurance, pension plans and annuities that are currently being paid. You are in this category if they have either a total value or a\u00a0<strong>surrender value on the 31\u00a0December 2020<\/strong>\u00a0of \u20ac50,000 or more. We can confirm that private and company pensions currently being drawn are included in this category if their capitalization value exceeds the 50,000\u20ac limit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group 3<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Property or business premises abroad.<\/strong>\u00a0This applies to you if you live in Spain but still own a business or house in another country whose\u00a0<strong>purchase value<\/strong>\u00a0was more than \u20ac50,000.<\/p>\n<h2>Who needs to complete it this year?<\/h2>\n<p>If you completed the 720 last year and your circumstances have not changed then\u00a0<strong>there is no need \u00a0to complete<\/strong>\u00a0one this year.<\/p>\n<p>You should complete one this year if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are a\u00a0<strong>new resident in Spain<\/strong>\u00a0and this is your first tax year<\/li>\n<li>You\u00a0<strong>did not declare for<\/strong><strong> 2020<\/strong>\u00a0and should have<\/li>\n<li>There has been an\u00a0<strong>alteration in your circumstances<\/strong>\u00a0such as: You have purchased or sold property, Investments have matured, You have changed account numbers, You have cancelled, closed or sold previously declared assets<\/li>\n<li>Your assets have\u00a0<strong>increased by 20,000\u20ac<\/strong>\u00a0or more of total assets in any of the groups previously declared<\/li>\n<li>You declared last year, but this year have reached more than 50,000\u20ac in a\u00a0<strong>previously undeclared category<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What will happen if I don\u2019t do it?<\/h2>\n<p>The fines published by the\u00a0<strong>Spanish Tax Authority<\/strong>\u00a0are substantial. They include:<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Non-presentation\/ false information \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0fine of 5,000\u20ac for every piece of information with a minimum fine of 10,000\u20ac<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Late presentation\/ form wrongly presented<\/strong>\u00a0e.g. not presented electronically \u2013 fine of 100\u20ac for each piece of information with a minimum fine of 1,500\u20ac<\/p>\n<p>Late presentation only refers to those asset declarations that are voluntarily presented and not those prompted by demands from the\u00a0<strong>Spanish Tax Authority<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What should I do next?<\/h2>\n<p>The form is not easy to complete and requires a \u2018signature\u2019 to do so. Most people need to engage with a\u00a0<strong>fiscal representative<\/strong>\u00a0to help them complete it. The next deadline is 31 March 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started with\u00a0Modelo 720 \u00a0in 2013. 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