Madrid, June 4 (EFE) last collection report published by the Tax Agency.
Since January 1, the VAT rate on basic foods – a group that includes fruits, vegetables, milk or bread – is zero, instead of the super-reduced 4%, while those on oils and pasta is 5 %, instead of 10%, a measure that at the moment it is not known if it will be extended beyond June 30.
The First Vice President of the Government and Minister of Economic Affairs, Nadia Calviño, insisted on Friday that it is yet to be decided whether this measure will be maintained, although she stressed that it has served to moderate the rise in food prices and that Spain is among the European countries with the lowest inflation.
The Government has not revealed whether, in an environment of more moderate energy prices, it will extend the gas VAT reduction, which has subtracted 102 million from the collection between January and April, and electricity taxes, the impact of which the Tax Agency no longer counts. because they have been in force for more than a year and it does not affect the comparison.
On the other hand, the collection report does include the impact of the increase in the reduction of personal income tax for low incomes, which subtracts 215 million in four months, especially concentrated in pensioners and workers in small companies.
Also subtracting income (124 million) is the change in the regulation of tax deferrals, which includes the automation of requests of up to 50,000 euros, as well as the extension of deductions for maternity (17 million) and the drop in VAT for health products. feminine intimate hygiene and contraceptives (4 million).
The single-use plastic tax collects about 167 million
On the contrary, other measures implemented in recent months have led to an increase in tax collection, such as the implementation of the tax on single-use plastics, which has collected some 167 million euros in its first four months of operation. .
More substantial is the impact of the limitation of the compensation of negative tax bases of the different companies that make up the business groups -which may be recovered in future years-, which has increased the collection of corporate tax by 232 million.
Likewise, the change in the regulation of the tax on fluorinated gases -present in refrigeration and air conditioning systems, heat pumps or fire extinguishers- contributed 25 million until April.
To this we must add the new temporary and extraordinary taxes on banks and energy companies, which, since they are not taxes, do not appear in the collection report, but which in their first payment on account (equivalent to half of the annual payment) have contributed 1,454 million.