Las tax returns in favor of Catholic church continue to increase and this year set a new recordwhich involves the assignment of 382.4 million euros for this institute 6.6% more than the previous year.
The Spanish Episcopal Conference (EEC) presented the provisional data on Monday income campaign of the year 2024,corresponding to the fiscal year 2023,which shows that the number of declarations in favor of the Church was 7,839,984,which represents a 30.43% of the declarations submitted.
According to these data, there are numerous declarations in favor of the Church increased by 208,841. Counting the joint declarations, there are 9 million taxpayers who trust in the work of the Church, the highest number of supports in the history of the system.
Thanks to these registrants the total sum assigned to the Church amounts to 382,437,998 euros, 6.6% more than the previous yearwhen it had already recorded an increase of 11.9%.
On average, the contribution the Church receives from each contributor who checks box 42.5 euros.
The EEC indicated in a statement that this is one of the “data to reflect on”. 700,000 new filers didn’t check any boxes of which the declaration leaves taxpayers free, which implies a 1.5% decrease in ticked boxes.
Madrid, Andalusia and Catalonia, in the lead
Statements in favor of the Church they increased in 16 of the 17 autonomous communities. In absolute terms,the largest increases in euros allocated occur in Madrid,Andalusia and Catalonia.
Additionally,ten communities are located higher than average percentage of assignees,highlighting Castilla-La Mancha (43.2%), La Rioja (42.3%), Extremadura (42.3%), Murcia (41.9%) and Castilla y León (40.7%).
According to Treasury delegations, the province with the highest percentage of allocations was Ciudad Real, with 50.7%. Followed by Jaén (46.03%), Badajoz (44.08%) and Ávila (44.4%).
The last three income brackets, i.e. those who earn more than 30,000 euros a year, represent 85.1% of the collection, with a particularly significant increase in the range from 60,000 to 150,000 euros.
By age groups, the best evolution occurs in the age groups between 50 and 70and based on gender, even if the distance is very small, the X’s in women’s statements increased more.
As regards the type of declaration,the percentage of collective declarations with transfer (32.43%) exceeds that of individual declarations (30.75%) for the second time since the data exist.