LAW 5/2024 OF DECEMBER 26
Law 5/2024, of 26th December, on the General Budget of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands for 2025, has been published in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands dated 30 December 2024.
The Law incorporates various tax measures with an impact on various tax figures, including Personal Income Tax (IRPF) or the Canary Islands General Indirect Tax.
The main changes are outlined below:
1.- Personal Income Tax (IRPF).
– Consolidation of the regional rate in force temporarily in 2022 and 2023, adding a deflation of the sections.
– Increase in the amount of the personal and family minimums.
– Abolition of the deduction for price increases approved on an extraordinary and temporary basis in the General Budget Law of the Canary Islands 2023
– Various Modifications in the deductions in the full regional personal income tax quota, including:
- Deduction for single-parent families:
€133 when the taxpayer does not live with a person other than the descendants or ascendants who generate a deduction.
- Deduction for daycare custody expenses
18% of the expenses (maximum €530 per descendant).
Conditions: Income ≤€45,500 (€60,500 in joint taxation).
- Large family deduction
From €597 (general category) to €796 (special category). Increase if there is disability in the family nucleus.
- Deduction for investment in a primary residence
Percentages: 5% (income <€25,500), 3.5% (income between €25,500 and €45,500), with increases for people under 40 years of age.
Maximum base: €6,000 per year.
- Deduction for Rental of Primary Residence
Deduction of 24% (maximum 740 euros per year) if the rent exceeds 10% of the income obtained.
Maximum income: 45,500 euros; increases in joint taxation.
- Deduction for Rent Linked to Dation in Payment
Deduction of 25% (maximum 1,200 euros per year) for leases linked to dation in payment, with income not exceeding 45,500 euros.
- Deduction for Expenses of Adaptation of Properties for Lease
Deduction of 10% on repair, conservation and formalisation of contracts.
Maximum limit: 150 euros per property.
- Deduction for Placing Homes on the Market for Habitual Rental
A single deduction of 1,000 euros per property rented under specific conditions.
2.- Canary Islands General Indirect Tax (IGIC).
Most of the modifications adopted are of a technical nature, focused on improving and clarifying the management of this tax. The following are incorporated:
- Exemptions for services provided by unions and groups: Conditions are established for tax exemption on services provided to members who carry out exempt or non-taxable activities.
- Education and related services: The tax exemption is extended to educational and training services, including childcare, vocational training, and professional retraining.
- 0% IGIC tax: Applicable to essential products such as bread, milk, fruits, vegetables, meat, and unprocessed fish, as well as non-precooked pasta.
3.- The amount of the fixed amount fees experiences a general increase of 1%.
