The Treasury has not yet made a payment of the check of 200 euros while inflation increasingly suffocates families

• Taxes The check of 200 euros is taxed in the IRPF and Treasury will stay up to 60 euros

The cheque of 200 euros with which the Government wants to "support the incomes of middle-class families in a context of inflation" was approved more than three months ago. In fact, it was already done in the last days of last year and as one of the star measures of the package in the face of the continued rebound in prices. The deadline to request it began on February 15, that is, a month ago, and from the Treasury it was anticipated that the income would be made as soon as possible, especially in cases

easier to check. But the truth is that so far the check has not begun to be paid.

, as confirmed both in the Ministry of María Jesús Montero and in the Tax Agency.

And it has not been done, moreover,

. The Government's measures to contain prices are not having the impact that the Executive expected, and the confirmed data for February that was known this week revealed that prices climbed to 6%. Moreover, especially notable is the increase in food, which soared by more than 16%, this point being precisely one of the reasons for which aid was created. To finance part of the shopping cart.

From the Treasury point out that the aid is still in the application period, and indeed that period will be extended until the last day of this month. The Agency will then have up to three months to complete the subscriptions, i.e.

. In addition, it is intended to ensure that all the aid paid is correct, that there are no subsequent demands for reimbursement to the beneficiaries.

The Executive also wants to avoid the failure of the previous aid, which barely reached 600,000 of the 2.7 million families projected, and this time the objective has been taken much further, to 4.2 million households. Therefore, in addition to raising the

, the Treasury made an effort to make the process simpler than in the previous initiative and considered that it would be more agile and would help the check reach more people faster.

But, for now, that is not happening, that the payments are not being made in the accounts provided by the beneficiaries, despite the fact that the Tax Agency

, according to the latest public data offered by the Treasury.

Conditions and process

Another clear sign of the Government's desire to try to reach as many families as possible, and also avoid the embarrassment of the previous cheque, is that it is

. If, for example, two people live on the same floor but have no legal link or common descent, each of them will be entitled to a check if they do not exceed the aforementioned 27,000 euros of income or accumulate a patrimony greater than 75,000 euros.

On the other hand, if there is some type of link, the income and assets of the people who live together must be added. And not only of an alleged marriage, also of "descendants under 25 years of age, or with disabilities, with incomes that do not exceed 8,000 euros and ascendants up to the second degree by direct line", explains the Tax Agency. The agency directed by Soledad Fernández also points out that the help can be requested through the page of the Agency itself, being "

». No additional document will have to be submitted, since "Social Security and other public bodies will send the AEAT the necessary information to verify compliance with the necessary requirements to apply for the aid".

Tax to the Treasury

And what will happen, and this is very important, is that the beneficiaries of the check of 200 euros will have to include the perception in their Personal Income Tax (IRPF) declaration next year. In some cases nothing will happen, since they will not reach the minimum to make the declaration, but when the taxpayer exceeds 22,000 euros the figure to be paid to the Treasury will be 30% of the aid. That is, the net quantity

.

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