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You ask about the annual income tax return: what to say in Spanish

You ask about the annual income tax return.

Hacienda6 linesLevel B1For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. The income tax return (declaración de la renta) is filed in spring (until the end of June) online through Renta Web or with an adviser; some people with income below a limit need not file.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.

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YOU START
¿Tengo que hacer la declaración de la renta?
TAYN-goh keh uh-SEHR lah deh-kluh-ruh-SYOHN deh lah RAYN-tuh?
Do I have to file the income tax return?
THEY SAY
Depende de lo que haya ganado. ¿Cuánto cobró el año pasado?
Deh-PAYN-deh deh loh keh AH-ah guh-NAH-doh. Koo-AHN-toh koh-BROH el AH-nyoh puh-SAH-doh?
It depends on what you earned. How much did you earn last year?
They might also say:
Eso depende de sus ingresos. ¿Cuánto cobró el año pasado?
EH-soh deh-PAYN-deh deh soos een-GREH-sos. Koo-AHN-toh koh-BROH el AH-nyoh puh-SAH-doh?
That depends on your income. How much did you earn last year?
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YOU REPLY
Unos dieciocho mil euros con un solo pagador.
OO-nos dyeh-SYOH-choh meel EH-oo-ros kohn oon SOH-loh puh-guh-DOR.
About eighteen thousand euros from one payer.
THEY SAY
En ese caso no está obligado, pero le conviene presentarla.
En EH-seh KAH-soh noh es-TAH oh-blee-GAH-doh, PEH-roh leh kohn-BYEH-neh preh-sayn-TAHR-luh.
In that case you're not obliged, but it's in your interest to file.
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YOU FINISH
Entiendo. Gracias por el consejo.
Ayn-TYAYN-doh. GRAH-syuhs por el kohn-SEH-khoh.
I understand. Thanks for the advice.
THEY SAY
De nada. El plazo empieza en abril.
Deh NAH-duh. El PLAH-soh em-PYEH-suh en uh-BREEL.
You're welcome. The deadline period starts in April.
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Words worth knowing

hacer
uh-SEHR
verb
to do, to make
declaración
deh-kluh-ruh-SYOHN
noun
declaration
renta
RAYN-tuh
noun
income
Depende
Deh-PAYN-deh
verb
depends
haya
AH-ah
verb
has
ganado
guh-NAH-doh
verb
earned

34 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?

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