RETURN IRPF: THE TREASURY HAS RETURNED THE BENEFIT TO MORE THAN 560,000 FATHERS AND MOTHERS, WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REQUESTED IT

According to a statement released yesterday by the Ministry of Finance, the Tax Agency has returned to date 733 million euros to 563,000 taxpayers for personal income tax paid for maternity and paternity benefits, after in October a ruling from the Supreme Court that ruled that they are exempt from personal income tax.

They have received 1,021,000 applicants, of which 733,000 have been resolved. Almost 300,000 applications remain pending.

Of those already resolved, it has been appropriate to return 563,000 taxpayers, which means 76.8% of the applications resolved. That is, 23% of the applications resolved to date have no right to return.

The return of the mothers has been, on average, 2,012 euros, and that of the parents, 470 euros.

They clarify that there are cases that are being studied “for a series of complex assumptions that require a longer period of prior verification before positively or negatively resolving an application, among which duplicate applications can be highlighted, also those in which an account consists incorrect bank or no account, and cases of statements that were already at the time subject to a check, ”says Treasury.

As for the process of returns to public employees, it is pending that the Tax Agency will receive all the information from the different paying public administrations and it is expected to open it in the near future.

In recent weeks, more than 180,000 return requests have been received in the framework of a process that remains open. So if you have not yet requested the return you are in time to do so. We tell you how.

In Babies and more How can you request your return of the IRPF of maternity and paternity in the fastest and easiest way

What to do if you have not yet requested it?

Fathers and mothers who have enjoyed a maternity and paternity benefit in the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 They have the right to request a refund from the Treasury. Those who received benefits in 2018 do not have to carry out any procedure, since in the declaration of this exercise the benefits will already be exempt from the IRPF payment.

Where do I have to enter? You have to access the official form on this link: Maternity / paternity benefit. Filing IRPF rectification request.

You can also download the form, print it, fill it out and present it personally in the offices of the Tax Agency, but without a doubt the fastest way is to access the AEAT website and fill it out online. So also the processing will be processed faster and also the corresponding return.

To access you need: 1) Electronic identification certificate or electronic ID, 2) With PIN code or 3) With RENØ certificate. The reference number RENØ can be requested on the AEAT website on the internet by entering the amount in euros of box 475 of the 2017 Income. If you do not know the amount of the box because you have not saved your statement, you can check it on the website itself .
You have to fill in the form data and send. You must indicate personal data, mark the year in which the benefit was received and indicate the bank account number where you want the payment to be made.