• Catalonia.The Government and the 'commons' track Catalan budgets with a tax increase

The tax increase agreed by the Government of Catalonia and Catalonia in Comú-Podem "will further promote" the exit of companies from this community , with the consequent damage in terms of "jobs and wealth" for the Catalan economy. This is stated by four of the most important associations and colleges of Catalonia in fiscal matters, which today have made a joint statement in which they warn of the negative consequences of the increases in the IRPF and in the Inheritance and Donations Tax already agreed.

"Catalonia has an attractive image in the face of foreign investment and that with the appropriate tax measures, it would be the recipient of a greater investment generating new jobs," but " the increase in the tax burden applicable to companies and their employees is counterproductive and it detracts competitiveness from other territories, "said the delegation of the Spanish Association of Tax Advisors (AEDAF) in Catalonia, the College of Economists of Catalonia, the Association of Tax Technicians of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands and the Barcelona Bar Association .

"The tax increase foreseen by the Government of the Generalitat", the document continues, " the tax pressure that all citizens of Catalonia have to bear is increasing even more , and it enlarges even more the already important difference with respect to territories of more low taxation, such as the community of Madrid or other European countries. "

And concludes that " the tax increase will further promote the possible relocation of people and companies to these other territories", which would intensify a process that, according to the data of the Registrar of Colleges, has already caused the departure of more than 5,600 companies from the illegal 1-O referendum.

At this point, the tax experts also explain that " companies are located where their effective address lies and the tax pressure on managers can also drag their companies ." "As an example, an employee resident in Catalonia who obtains an income of more than 90,000 will pay in his personal income tax, with the expected increase, at a marginal tax rate of 46% for the sum of the state rate (22.5%) and the regional rate (23.5%), while in Madrid, it would pay 43.5% (22.5% plus 21%), "the signatories of the document develop.

"But in addition, in Catalonia this employee will be obliged to pay the so-called Heritage Tax, if he accumulates goods and rights for a non-exempt value of more than 500,000, a tax he would not pay in Madrid," they say.

Do not apply the upload

For all these reasons, the associations and schools ask the Government to carry out the tax increase, since "we must avoid further enlarging these tax differentials that only favor other territories and not Catalonia."

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • Catalonia
  • Madrid
  • Personal income tax
  • Catalunya in Comú
  • Taxes

Sovereignty The economic chasm of Catalonia

Two years of the 1-OS without offices and in slowdown: Catalan businessmen look sideways at the imminent 'sorpasso' in Madrid

Valencian Community The CEV proposes to copy the tax model of Madrid to retain large assets