Valencian tax agency revenue rises sharply

The Agencia Tributaria Valenciana said on May 16 that it had collected 802 million euros by the end of April 2026, up 16.62% from 687.7 million euros in the same period a year earlier. The agency said recognized revenue rights rose to 851.7 million euros from 719.5 million in 2025. The figures were published by the Generalitat Valenciana's communications office and the regional finance department. The update offers a snapshot of the taxes the agency is collecting directly as the regional government works under a prorogued 2026 budget, according to reports in late 2025 on the budget rollover. ### Which taxes accounted for most of the increase? The Impuesto sobre Transmisiones Patrimoniales y Actos Jurídicos Documentados carried the biggest weight in the agency's revenue mix, the Generalitat said. Within that tax, the Transmisiones Patrimoniales Onerosas category generated 525.8 million euros, up from 438.8 million euros a year earlier. The regional government said that category had been one of the main reasons for the increase in recent months, citing stronger activity in real estate and construction. (comunica.gva.es) Actos Jurídicos Documentados, the stamp-duty component linked in particular to notarial deeds, brought in 148 million euros by the end of April, up 32.07% from 112 million euros a year earlier. Operaciones Societarias, another component of the same tax, contributed 1.3 million euros, the statement said. ### How much came from inheritance, wealth and other regional taxes? The Impuesto sobre Sucesiones y Donaciones produced more than 59.7 million euros in the inheritance category and 4.5 million euros in donations, according to the Generalitat's figures. (comunica.gva.es) The agency also reported 2.2 million euros from the tax on empty homes, 4.3 million euros from the tax on activities affecting the environment and 9.1 million euros from the landfill, incineration and co-incineration waste tax. Gambling-related taxes, including bingo, slot machines and casinos, rose to nearly 43.6 million euros from 38.5 million euros a year earlier. The wealth tax showed 3.5 million euros at the end of April, but the Generalitat said that figure does not reflect the main annual transfer into regional coffers. Under Spain's regional financing system, effective collection from that tax is not incorporated into the Generalitat's accounts until September, the statement said. ### Why does the September timing matter for the wealth tax? (comunica.gva.es) September is the month when the effective proceeds from the wealth tax are booked into the Generalitat's accounts, the regional government said. That means the first-half figures can show only direct agency action or tax refunds in that line, rather than the larger annual settlement. The April data therefore give a clearer picture of transaction-linked taxes than of the region's full annual tax intake. (comunica.gva.es) The property-transfer and stamp-duty figures are visible immediately in the year-to-date tally, while the wealth-tax contribution arrives later under the state settlement calendar described by the Generalitat. ### What is the agency supposed to focus on in 2026? (comunica.gva.es) A resolution dated April 16 approved the Agencia Tributaria Valenciana's annual action program for 2026, and the measure was published in the official gazette on April 20 with effect from April 21. The program sets control and management lines for inheritance and donation tax, property transfer and stamp duty, the waste-deposit and incineration tax, gambling taxes, environmental taxes and the empty-homes tax. (comunica.gva.es) The same resolution says the agency is an autonomous body attached to the regional finance ministry, with its own legal personality and management autonomy. The legal text also notes that the body created in 2014 under another name was renamed Agencia Tributaria Valenciana by a 2018 law. ### Where will the next official signals come from? (noticias.juridicas.com) The Generalitat's next major wealth-tax booking is scheduled for September under the calendar described in the May 16 revenue statement. The agency's 2026 action plan, in force since April 21, also provides the formal framework for monitoring collections and tax-control work through the rest of the year. (comunica.gva.es) (noticias.juridicas.com)