Which communities apply income deductions for donating to Ukraine or hosting refugees?

The ukrainian war meets more than 40 days and contrary voices to the Russian invasion continue to increase. And more, after the direct appeals that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyis carrying out to various countries, such as the one he did on March 16 to the US congressmen or the one on Tuesday to the Spanish deputies, in which he asked the Spanish companies that are still in Russia to leave the country.

At the same time, solidarity with the Ukrainian people and initiatives to help the citizens of the massacred country are increasing exponentially.

One of the latest initiatives is the one undertaken by autonomous communities such as Aragón, La Rioja and the Balearic Islands, which have announced that will deduct part or all of the regional quota of Personal Income Tax (IRPF) to people who welcome refugees from Ukraine or who make donations for humanitarian aid aimed at the Ukrainian people.

The Aragonese Minister of Finance and Public Administration, Carlos Pérez Anadón, has signed this Thursday the order that allows the drafting of a bill that will articulate these exemptions, which are part of a broad package of solidarity measures articulated by Aragon with Ukraine.

The donations to NGOs are already deductible 80% of the first 150 euros per year and 35% of the amount that exceeds these, or 40% if you have been collaborating with our organization for more than 3 consecutive years, as long as the donation has been equal to or greater than each one of those 3 years.

La Rioja also approved at the end of March to declare donations whose actions and altruism are related to the war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as patronage activities. And, according to Law 3/2021 of April 28 on Patronage of this uniprovincial autonomous community, it will deduct 15% of the amounts donated from its regional quota, which is added to the state deduction (80% for the first 150 euros, and up to 40% for the rest depending on recurrence with the entity).

The government of The Balearic Islands, for their part, approved 30 similar measures last day, which include the deduction of up to a total of 150 euros per person sheltered for at least 3 months, with a limit of 600 euros, in addition to a deduction of up to 50% of monetary donations or the value of donations in favor of entities beneficiaries of patronage, which are allocated to activities and programs to mitigate the effects on people generated by the invasion. The deduction limit will be 150 euros.