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General Information

Name

Refund of undue payments.

Type of procedure/service
Tax information
Subject
Taxes
SIA code
998013
Description

Special review procedure for recognition of the right to refund in any of the following circumstances:

a) In the event of duplicity of payment tax debts or sanctions.

b) When the amount paid is higher than the amount payable according to an administrative decision or a self-assessment.

c) When amounts corresponding to payment of tax debts or sanctions after the deadlines for their prescription.

d) When established by tax laws.

Body responsible for the procedure
State Tax Administration Agency (EA0028512)

General information on the procedure/service

Instigating party
  • Interesado
Recipient interested party
  • Citizen
  • Business
Documents
  • The application will be submitted together with the documents that accredit the refund right, indicating the means chosen to carry out the refund from among those indicated by the competent local office.
Deadline for resolution

6 Month(s)

Administrative silence interested party
Negative
Competent bodies
  • Tax Agency
End of procedure
No
Appeals
  • Reconsideration: Application period: One month. Optional, to the office that made the administrative decision to be appealed, stating that no economic-administrative claim has been lodged against it.
  • Economic-administrative claim: Application period: One month from the day following the notification of the contested decision or the day on which it is known that the procedure or prior motion for reversal has been rejected. It must be addressed to the administrative body which issued the decision which is to be contested.
Basic Regulations
Place of submission
  • AEAT (Tax Agency) offices
  • Online
  • Post offices
  • Other places authorised under article 16 of Law 39/2015 (Ley 39/2015)
Stages of procedure
  • Start: Submission of the application or initiation agreement by the competent body. When the procedure is initiated automatically by the local office, the interested party shall be notified of the initiation agreement. When the data held by the Tax Agency are sufficient to formulate an assessment proposal, the procedure may be initiated by notification of this proposal.
  • Procedure: Verification of the circumstances that determine the right to refund. The resolution proposal is notified granting a period of 10 days to submit declarations and documentation or supporting documents that are deemed necessary. This formality may be left out if the proposal is the same as that requested the party obliged to make the payment.
  • Resolution: The body with authority to resolve, shall issue a reasoned resolution in which, if appropriate, the right to refund shall be agreed, as well as the holder of the right and the amount of the refund.
  • Execution: refund of the recognised amount.
URl for online processing
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Forms
Identification system(s)
  • Electronic DNI
  • Digital certificate
  • Clave PIN
Integrado en Clave
Yes
Practica notificaciones
  • Postal
  • Electronic notification by means of Electronic Submission
  • Electronic notification by means of Enabled E-mail Address
Sujeto a tasas
No
Level of interactivity
Level 4: Online procedure

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