The number of declarations of Personal Income Tax (IRPF) in favor of the Catholic Church was 7,946,347 taxpayers during the 2024 financial year, or 106,363 more than in 2023, which gave an allocated amount of 429,335,080 euros, 46,897,081 euros more than the previous year, 12% more.
As reported this Thursday by Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE)these provisional data were received on December 3 from the Secretary of State for Finance of the tax allocation made in favor of the Catholic Church corresponding to 2024, declaration made in the spring of 2025. Taking into account the common income declarations, the Episcopate understands that There are more than nine million Spaniards who mark the X in favor of the Catholic Church, without this implying that they withhold more or return less when making the declaration.
The EEC also received additional data concerning the distribution by autonomy. In these, The total number of declarations in favor of the Church increased in 16 of the 17 autonomous communities (notably Andalusia, Madrid, the Valencian Community and Castile-La Mancha). The only decrease occurred in Navarre, as well as in the Provincial Treasury of Vizcaya, as in the previous year.
In percentage terms, nine communities are above average in percentage of beneficiaries, highlighting Castile-La Mancha (42.6%), Extremadura (42.1%), La Rioja (41.9%), Murcia (41.3%) and Castile and León (40.3%). Below are the Canary Islands (24%), Galicia (23.5%) and Catalonia (15%).
The largest reductions in the number of people affected, in percentage terms, were in Navarre (-0.84%), Cantabria (-0.65%) and Castilla La Mancha (-0.61%).
The Episcopal Conference emphasized that “Behind all this data are each of the people who, every year, show their confidence in the work of the Church by marking the ‘X’ in the tax return”. And the gratitude campaign launched by the Secretariat for Church Sustainability with the motto “More than 9 million thanks” is dedicated to them.
Furthermore, he indicated that within his commitment to transparencyon the Xtantos website you can consult, in a visual and accessible way, all the results of the 2025 campaign (IRFP 2024).
About The Author
