the types of notifications that taxpayers can receive

More than four months have passed since the income tax return campaign in Spain ended. However, in recent days taxpayers are seeing how they are reaching their homes the dreaded “fear cards” of the Treasury. This is a mechanism with which the Tax Agency seeks to regularize the situation of a citizen or resolve any doubt they may have in relation to their tax data.

As TaxDown has shared, last year the Treasury sent a total of two million notifications. And it is precisely in the last quarter of the year when the entity sends most of its “fear letters.”

These letters are notifications that the Tax Agency is responsible for sending to taxpayers or companies. They are usually sent when There is some irregularity or tax incidence in the Income Tax return. In it, additional documents are requested to those that have already been presented in the process. It may also happen that the declaration is perfect, but some information needs to be verified. Normally, They arrive by postal mailalthough it can be received by SMS if the Treasury has the telephone number.

These are the types of “fear letter” from the Treasury

One of them is the informative letter. The Tax Agency sends it for information purposes. TaxDown says that “it is not necessary to respond but it is necessary to verify that it has been received, because all their letters are certified.” Then we have the request. In this case, we are talking about a notification that a taxpayer receives when the Treasury “detects that the information completed does not match what they have in their tax reports.”

The liquidation proposal It is received when the entity “considers that some information that it considers erroneous must be modified.” In fact, at the end of this notification a modified draft is usually attached in which the changes are exposed for the taxpayer to review.

On the other hand, there is the resolution of the procedure which is basically a notification that communicates “the final conclusion on the procedures that have been open with the Treasury.” Then, TaxDown talks about the providence of urgencythat is, a letter that “establishes dates on which the debt incurred will be collected.” The most important thing in this case is to pay quickly.

The seizure procedure It is very similar to the previous one. The Treasury reports the proceeding to seize a taxpayer’s property, part of his salary or a checking account. It is essential to pay “for the embargo to be lifted.” If this is not the case, the Tax Agency can carry out the auction of goods in order to collect your debt.

Another letter is initiation of inspection investigation. Documentation is requested here to proceed with that inspection. And finally, there is the sanctioning file which is “the official confirmation that the taxpayer has committed some tax violation.”