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Practical manual for Income Tax 2020.

By birth or adoption of children

Regulations: Art. 5. Two Consolidated Text of the legal provisions of the Autonomous Community of Galicia on taxes transferred by the State, approved by Legislative Decree 1/2011, of July 28.

Amounts and requirements for applying the deduction

  • For each child born or adopted in tax period who lives with the taxpayer on the tax accrual date (normally, December 31) the following amounts based on the total taxable base less the taxpayer's personal and family minimum

    (General tax base + Savings tax base)
    − (Personal and family minimum)
    Amount of deduction
    Equal to or less than 22,000 euros 360 euros for the 1stis son
    1,200 euros for the 2nddo son
    2,400 euros for the 3rdis son and ss.
    Greater than 22,000 euros 300 euros per child
    360 euros per child in case of multiple births

    Note to table: The total taxable base less the personal and family minimum is determined by adding the amounts of the general taxable base, box [0435] of the return, and the savings taxable base, box [0460] of the return, and reducing said result by the amount of the personal and family minimum , box [0520] of the return.

    To determine the order number of children, both in joint and individual declarations, the same criteria will be taken into account as for the application of the minimum for descendants.

  • Increase in deduction : The above amounts will be increased by 20 percent for taxpayers residing in municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants and those resulting from merger or incorporation procedures .

  • Application of the deduction in the two tax periods following birth or adoption . The deduction will extend to the two tax periods following the birth or adoption period, provided that the born or adopted child lives with the taxpayer on the date of accrual of the tax corresponding to each of them, in accordance with the following amounts and income limits :

    (General tax base + Savings tax base)
    − (Personal and family minimum)
    Amount of deduction
    Equal to or less than 22,000 euros 360 euros for the 1stis son
    1,200 euros for the 2nddo son
    2,400 euros for the 3rdis son and ss.
    Between 22,000.01 and 31,000 euros 300 euros per child
    More than 31,000 euros 0 euros

    To determine the order number of children, both in joint and individual declarations, the same criteria will be taken into account as for the application of the minimum for descendants.

  • The amounts set for this deduction in the previous points will be doubled if the newborn or adopted child has been recognized as having a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33 percent .

    The degree of disability must be related to the date of accrual of the tax (normally, December 31) and recognized by means of a resolution issued by the competent body in matters of social services. The degree and condition of a person with a disability will also be considered accredited in the cases established in article 3.Three of the Revised Text of the legal provisions of the Autonomous Community of Galicia on taxes transferred by the State.

  • When, in the tax period of birth or adoption or in the two following periods, the children born or adopted live with both parents , the corresponding deduction will be applied in half in the declaration of each of them.

Application in 2020 of the deduction for children born in 2018 or 2019

Taxpayers who were entitled to the deduction for the birth or adoption of children in the 2018 or 2019 financial years can claim this deduction in the 2020 financial year, provided that the child or children who gave rise to the right to the deduction in those financial years live with the taxpayer on the date the tax is due (normally, December 31).

The amount, requirements and income limits for the application of the deduction for children born or adopted in the years 2018 or 2019 are those previously mentioned.