What it is
New taxes the State transfers to Galicia
BOE step 7 of 7 · PassedIt is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 30 March 2010. Introduced by: Gobierno.
Official title: Government bill on the regime for the transfer of State taxes to the Autonomous Community of Galicia and on the determination of the scope and conditions of such transfer.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000071· updated 11 Nov
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- The law updates the taxes the State transfers to Galicia: 50% of personal income tax The personal income tax (IRPF in Spain): what people pay on what they earn from work, business or savings., 50% of VAT, 58% of several special taxes (beer, wine, alcohol, hydrocarbons and tobacco), and other taxes such as Wealth Tax, Inheritance and Gift Tax, Transfer and Stamp Duty, Gambling Taxes, Electricity Tax, the tax on certain means of transport and the retail sales tax on certain hydrocarbons.
- The scope and conditions of the transfer are those of Law 22/2009, on the financing system of the Autonomous Communities. Galicia also takes on the power to resolve economic-administrative appeals about the transferred taxes.
- Galicia may enact its own legislative rules on the transferred taxes, in the cases set out in Law 22/2009, and must send draft rules to the General Commission of the Autonomous Communities of the Senate before approving them.
- For the IVMDH A tax on the retail sale of certain hydrocarbons, such as fuels. and the IEDMT A special tax paid when registering certain new vehicles., the State Tax Agency will keep managing these taxes until the related services are transferred to Galicia, if Galicia requests it.
- For personal income tax in 2010, the tax scales and rates set out in Law 35/2006, as worded by Law 22/2009, apply.
- The law repeals the previous 2002 transfer law and takes effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette, though it applies retroactively from January 1, 2009.
Who it affects
- The Autonomous Community of Galicia: Receives the transfer of new taxes and percentages, and takes on rulemaking powers and the power to resolve economic-administrative appeals.
- Taxpayers in Galicia: Part of what they pay in personal income tax, VAT and special taxes now goes to the Galician treasury.
- The State Tax Agency: Keeps temporarily managing the IEDMT and the IVMDH until services are transferred.
- The Senate: Receives Galician draft rules on transferred taxes before they are approved.
Words worth knowing
- Cesión de tributos (tax transfer)
- The State lets an Autonomous Community collect the money from certain taxes, in whole or in part.
- Reclamación económico-administrativa (economic-administrative appeal)
- An appeal filed when someone disagrees with a decision by the tax authorities.
- IRPF
- Personal income tax in Spain, paid on earnings from work and other income.
- IVMDH
- A tax on the retail sale of certain hydrocarbons, such as fuels.
- IEDMT
- A special tax paid when registering certain new vehicles.
- income tax
- The personal income tax (IRPF in Spain): what people pay on what they earn from work, business or savings.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.
- Introduced30 March 2010Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted6 April 2010The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments9 April 2010Groups propose changes.
- Committee12 May 2010A committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
- Senate15 June 2010The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE7 July 2010It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
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Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
What happens next
What happens now?
It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.
The same initiative in the other chamber:
- IX Legislature, Senate Government bill on the regime for the transfer of State taxes to the Autonomous Community of Galicia and on the determination of the scope and conditions of such transfer.
Presented before in:
- VII Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Passed Government bill on the regime for the transfer of State taxes to the Autonomous Community of Galicia and on the determination of the scope and conditions of such transfer.
- VII Legislature, Senate Government bill on the regime for the transfer of State taxes to the Autonomous Community of Galicia and on the determination of the scope and conditions of such transfer.
Published in the BOE: Law 17/2010, of July 16, on the regime of transfer of State taxes to the Autonomous Community of Galicia and the fixing of the scope and conditions of said transfer.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000071
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- BOE, BOE-A-2010-11411
The law as published.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
- Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
- We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.