There will be more bypass controls in 2026, but it will only affect professionals and entrepreneurs
The Tax Agency will strengthen information on digital payments from 2026, including operations with Bizum, but the measure will be limited to economic activity and will not affect exchanges between individuals.
The Treasury has cleared up doubts about the new digital payment controls and has clarified that only the money received by entrepreneurs and professionals will have to be declared , excluding payments between individuals.
The explanation comes after the updating of the information obligations approved last April, with which the Spanish Government intends to strengthen the fight against tax fraud at a time of increasing financial digitisation. Among the changes, they highlight the expansion of entities obliged to provide information to the Tax Agency, which will not be limited to banks but will also include payment and electronic money institutions operating in Spain.
Another major innovation is that the information will be sent monthly and not once a year, regardless of the amount of the transactions. Until now, card charges have been reported for only over EUR 3 000. In addition, control will be extended to a wider range of financial products, such as bank accounts and non-bank accounts, savings accounts, payment accounts or term settlements, even if no profits have been generated.
As far as charges are concerned, the institutions shall inform entrepreneurs or professionals of all transactions involving physical or virtual cards of any kind, including, as a novelty, operations carried out through systems using the mobile phone number, such as Bizum, but only when it is a professional activity, excluding payments between individuals.
The reform also establishes a new obligation ,both professional and private, to provide information on cards with an annual volume of operations of more than EUR 25 000, including subscriptions, charges, recharges, collections and annual expenditure in establishments.
According to the Tax Agency, the aim is to adapt the regulations to the current financial reality and to have more accurate and regular information to meet the new challenges of tax fraud and tax collection efficiency. The first data from the monthly reports will reach the Treasury in February 2026.
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