The Treasury collected almost 30,000 million with fines and embargoes in 2022, 18% more than the previous year

The Tax Agency promoted investigations into debtors' assets and collection control actions

MADRID, 8 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Tax Agency collected 27,949 million euros through debts and sanctions from the state and customs tax system, which represents an increase of 18.02% compared to the figure from a year before, when the organization added some 23,686 million euros.

In its evaluation report of compliance with the agency's objective plan in the indicated period, which Europa Press has accessed, the body dependent on the Treasury indicates that the figure collected far exceeds expectations for 2022, when a lower figure was expected. collection of 19,241 million euros through these concepts.

The document specifies that these almost 30,000 million include the actions of the collection area aimed at collection in monetary terms (in millions of euros) computing the cancellation or "data" of the debt managed with or without income.

The bulk of the collection, some 25,007 million, comes from the income from debts collected in its different phases and other acts such as disposals, derivations of liability and from civil and criminal actions, as well as voluntary payments after precautionary measures or preventive seizures of assets, and other income from deferrals, compensation, or from interest.

These 25,000 million derived from these concepts represent 7,078.38 euros more than the objective that the Tax Agency had set in 2022, which was almost 18,000 million, which represents an increase of 39%.

On the other hand, the tax body accounts for the income made by debtors whose debts have been derived or whose assets have been subject to the adoption of a precautionary measure, but provided that the taxpayer is not the main debtor in a derivation of liability.

In 2022, the Treasury set a goal of 1,312 million euros and reached 2,943 million, more than double due, the report explains, to the existence of "atypical and/or extraordinary income not foreseen when setting the references." This also includes income made by debtors who have been summoned, from auctions and from settlements carried out by collection bodies.

The report indicates that as a whole, in 2022, 47,002 actions were carried out to ensure the collection of debts and tax penalties derived from the application of the tax system, 25.11% more than a year before.

The actions carried out by the collection bodies aimed at collecting debts from third parties, criminal actions and other actions in the criminal field, precautionary measures and appearances also exceeded expectations, after reaching a total of 33,292.

Regarding the tax collection investigation, the Tax Agency carried out just over 2,320 operations, compared to the 945 it had planned. This area covers property investigations on debtors that the collection area has considered "qualified" due to their amount, or due to the characteristics of the collection action to be carried out.

The Treasury explains that the "favorable evolution" of these actions is due to a high number of appearance actions, a consequence of "planning and selection of debtors susceptible to this treatment."