who can request it and who cannot, requirements and deadlines

From February 15 to March 31, citizens who request it will be able to obtain the 200-euro aid announced by the Government in December, to alleviate the effects of inflation and the crisis. Aid that can be requested through the Electronic Office of the Tax Agency by completing a simple form.

However, since this measure was announced at the end of 2022, many questions have arisen regarding the necessary requirements to obtain this help.

Who can request the help?

As explained at the Tax Agency Headquarters, people who, in 2022:

  • Those people who had habitual residence in Spain, under the terms provided in article 9 of Law 35/2006, of November 28, on Personal Income Tax, (staying more than 183 days or main nucleus of activity in Spanish territory).

  • Those who have carried out an activity on their own account or on behalf of others for which they are registered in the corresponding Social Security or mutual insurance regime.

  • Those who have been beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit or subsidy.

  • People who do not exceed 27.000 euros in full income (that is, the gross amount without discounting expenses or withholdings) and 75.000 euros of assets as of December 31, 2022 (discounting the habitual residence).

To calculate the income, the Tax Agency explained that "the income and assets of the following people who live at the same address must be added: beneficiary; conjugal; common-law couple registered in the registry of common-law unions; descendants under 25 years of age, or with disabilities, with income that does not exceed 8.000 euros (excluding exempt); and ascendants up to second degree by direct line”.

What documentation must be provided?

The Tax Agency explains that it is not necessary to provide any documentation since "Social Security and other public bodies will send the AEAT the necessary information to verify compliance with the necessary requirements to apply for aid."

Who can not apply for help?

From the Agency's page that reveals that those who, as of December 31, 2022, are not entitled to aid:

  • citizens who receive the Minimum Vital Income (includes supplement of aid to children those)

  • People who have a pension paid by the General Scheme or the special Schemes of Social Security or by the Passive Class Scheme of the State, as well as those who receive similar benefits from the native alternative social welfare mutuals to RETA (Special Scheme of the Social Security for Self-Employed or Self-Employed Workers).

  • Finally, if hanging 2022 any of the following people who live at the same address: beneficiary; conjugal; common-law couple registered in the registry of common-law unions; descendants under 25 years of age, or with disabilities, with income that does not exceed 8.000 euros (excluding exempt); and/or ascendants up to the second degree by direct line, were administrators by law of a commercial company that had not ceased their activity as of December 31, 2022, or were holders of securities representing the participation in equity of a commercial company not traded in organized markets.

How can you apply for help?

The aid will be requested through the electronic form available at the Electronic Office of the Tax Agency.

"In order to request it, it is necessary to have a Cl@ve, electronic certificate or DNI-e", they explain from the Administration, to which they add: "You can also submit the form, a third party by proxy or social collaboration".

Likewise, in order to fulfill the request, the NIF of the applicant and of the people who live at the same address and a bank account must be entered, whose owner must be the applicant, in which the payment of the aid will be made. However, "it is not mandatory to record the NIF of children under 14 years of age who do not have it," they explain from the State Agency.

Where do you ask for help if I have my tax domicile in the Basque Country or Navarra?

According to the Tax Agency, applicants whose tax domicile is in the Basque Country or Navarre "should apply to the Basque or Navarre Institutions."

What is the deadline for payment of the aid?

The Tax Agency explained that the term to enter the aid is "3 months from the date of completion of the term to submit the form. Therefore, since the last day of the deadline to request the aid is March 31, 2023, the deadline for it to be entered will be June 30, 2023.

Likewise, when the application submitted where the available information has not been found to be appropriate, it will notify the applicant of a proposal for a resolution of the refusal, in which it will indicate the necessary data to consult the reasons for the refusal.

If "the period of three months has elapsed since the end of the application submission period without having completed the payment or having notified a proposal for a refusal resolution, the application may be considered rejected", they expose from the page of the State Agency.

In short, if you wish to provide additional information, the Tax Agency has the possibility of having an information telephone number (91 554 87 70 or 901 33 55 33), which will be available from 9 a.m. to 19 p.m.