Overview
- In Spain, the tax agency reported more than 2.03 million income-tax returns filed in the first two days of the 2025 campaign and began paying initial refunds.
- Spain expanded its instant filing service Renta Directa to about nine million potential users and told taxpayers to use Renta Web or a professional rather than ChatGPT for drafting returns.
- New and expanded Spanish deductions include a state credit for low-wage workers worth up to roughly €340 that must be claimed manually, and gym-fee write‑offs now available in Andalusia and Murcia as well as Valencia and La Rioja with set caps and documentation rules.
- Mexico’s SAT said 3.7 million annual returns were filed by early April and reported average refund deposits in about three days, far faster than the legal window of up to 40 days.
- To avoid delays in Mexico, the SAT advised filing during off‑peak hours and ensuring the bank CLABE and the RFC and postal code on digital invoices match registration records, since mismatches or edits to prefilled deductions can trigger manual checks.