Regional Deduction Rules in Castilla-La Mancha

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Welcome to the Castilla-La Mancha Community Tax Deductions Guide for 2026! This guide is designed to help residents of Castilla-La Mancha understand and capitalize on the various tax deductions available, ensuring they can fully benefit from regional tax policies. Whether you're a new parent, a renter, a homeowner making improvements, or an investor in renewable energies or local businesses, there's likely a deduction tailored to your circumstances.

Birth or adoption

If you had children in 2025, you can deduct €100 for one child, €500 for two children, or €900 for three or more children.
The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns.

Large family

If you are the head of a large family, you can deduct €200 for a general category or €400 for a special category. If any child or your spouse/husband has a disability greater than 65%, the deduction is €300 for a general category and €900 for a special category.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns.

Single-parent family

If you are the head of a single-parent family, you can deduct €200.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns. 

Educational expenses

You can deduct 100% of the expense on textbooks for your children and 15% of the expense on extracurricular activities, with a maximum limit of €200 based on the sum of your taxable bases. If you are a large family, the maximum limit is €300, based on the sum of your taxable bases.

The expenses must be supported by invoices, paid using non-cash methods, and kept for at least 4 years.

Nursery Expenses

You can deduct 30% of the expenses incurred for childcare for children under 3 years old, with an annual deduction limit of €500 for each child, and €250 in the year the child turns 3.

Daycare centers or early childhood education centers must be authorized by the competent Department of Education, providing either childcare services or the first cycle of early childhood education for children under 3 years of age.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns.

Disability

 If you have a disability equal or greater than 65%, you are entitled to a deduction of €300.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns.

If you have a descendant or ancestor with a disability greater than 65%, you are entitled to a deduction of €300.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns.

Elderly over 75 years

If you are 75 years or older, you are entitled to a deduction of €150.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns.

If you live with an ancestor who is 75 years or older, you are entitled to a deduction of €150.

You can’t apply for this deduction if the ancestor lives more than 30 days in residential centers for the elderly belonging to the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha, or in places subsidized or under agreement with the Government in other centers, with the exception of convalescences certified by the Castilla-La Mancha Health Service.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns.

Unpaid foster care of minors

If you have taken in a minor under an unpaid foster care regime, you can deduct €500, or €600 if it involves the second or subsequent minors.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €12,500 for individual tax returns, and €25,000 for joint tax returns.

Unpaid foster care of elders over 65 or with a disability

If you have taken in an elder over 65 or with a disability under an unpaid foster care regime, you can deduct €600.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €12,500 for individual tax returns, and €25,000 for joint tax returns.

Rent for people under 36 years old

15% of the amounts paid in the tax period for the rent of the habitual residence. The maximum amount of the deduction will be 450 euros per year per taxpayer.

If you live in a municipality with a population of up to 2,500 inhabitants, or a population greater than 2,500 and up to 10,000 inhabitants that is located more than 30 km away from a municipality with a population exceeding 50,000 inhabitants, you can deduct 20% of the amounts paid in the tax period for the rent, up to a maximum amount of €612.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €12,500 for individual tax returns, and €25,000 for joint tax returns.

To prove that the property constitutes the habitual residence, it must be inhabited for a continuous period of three years, except for certain circumstances that require a change of residence.

Leasing of habitual residence linked to certain transactions of payment in kind

15% of the amounts paid during the corresponding fiscal year, for the rental of the habitual residence. The maximum amount of the deduction will be €450 per year.

The lease agreement must be linked to a transaction for the adjudication of the habitual residence in satisfaction of the total outstanding debt of the loan or credit secured by a mortgage on said dwelling.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €12,500 for individual tax returns, and €25,000 for joint tax returns.

Rent of habitual residence for large or single-parent families

 15% of the amounts paid in the tax period for the rent of the habitual residence. The maximum amount of the deduction will be 450 euros per year per taxpayer.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €12,500 for individual tax returns, and €25,000 for joint tax returns.

Rent of habitual residence for people with a disability

 15% of the amounts paid in the tax period for the rent of the habitual residence. The maximum amount of the deduction will be 450 euros per year per taxpayer. 
The taxpayer must have a disability equal or greater than 65%. 
The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €12,500 for individual tax returns, and €25,000 for joint tax returns.

Donations

If you have made donations to entities that fight poverty, care for people with disabilities, combat social exclusion, support R&D and innovation, or donate goods of cultural interest from Castilla-La Mancha, you can deduct 15% of the donated amounts.

The deduction base cannot exceed 10% of the taxable base. In the case of donations for R&D and innovation, the limit is 10% of the autonomic taxable base. Also, the entities or organizations receiving the donations must be properly registered in the corresponding official registers of Castilla-La Mancha.

Financing costs for the acquisition of main residence for under 40s

If you are under 40s and have incurred foreign financing costs, you can deduct 100% of the amounts paid, within certain limits in the taxable base, up to a limit of €150 per taxpayer.

The financing costs referred to in this section are the amounts paid as interest, provided that the loan or credit is at a variable interest rate.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base must not exceed €27,000 for individual tax returns, and €36,000 for joint tax returns.

Residence in rural areas

If you live in an area classified as an intense depopulation rural zone with a population below 2,000 inhabitants, you can deduct 20% of the full regional tax quota, or 15% if the population is between 2,000 and 5,000 inhabitants.

If you live in an area classified as an extreme depopulation rural zone with a population below 2,000 inhabitants, you can deduct 25% of the full regional tax quota, or 20% if the population is between 2,000 and 5,000 inhabitants.

If you live in an area classified as a rural zone at risk of depopulation, with a population below 2,000 inhabitants, you can deduct 15% of the full regional tax quota, or 10% if the population is between 2,000 and 5,000 inhabitants.

If you live in an area classified as an Intermediate rural zone with a predominance of agricultural activity, with a population below 2,000 inhabitants and that have experienced population loss during the five years prior to January 1, 2021, you can deduct 15% of the full regional tax quota.

Acquisition of housing in rural areas

If you have purchased a main residence in a rural area, you can deduct 15% of the amounts spent on the acquisition, with an annual limit of €12,000. The total maximum base will be less than €180,000 and the purchase price.

The residence must be in a municipality included in the sparsely populated area, whose population is under 5,000 inhabitants. The purchase or the rehabilitation of the residence needs to be done before January 1, 2021.

Relocation of main residence

If you have relocated your main residence to a sparsely populated area in Castilla-La Mancha for work-related reasons, you can deduct €500 in the year you move and the following year per taxpayer, up to a limit of the full regional tax quota of the net income.

The sum of the taxpayer’s general taxable base and savings taxable base on the year the deduction starts to apply must not exceed €22,946 for individual tax returns, and €31,485 for joint tax returns.

The taxpayer must remain in the new habitual residence during the year in which the relocation occurs and for the following three years.

Investment in social economy entities

If you have invested with the intention of becoming a partner in social economy entities, you can deduct 20% of these amounts, with an annual limit of €4,000. The acquired participation cannot exceed 40% directly or indirectly.

Transactions to which the deduction is applicable must be formalized in a public deed, and must be held for a minimum of five years.

Acquisition of shares in the formation of companies or capital increases

If you have acquired shares as a result of the formation or capital increases of S.A, S.L., S.A.L, S.L.L and/or S.Coop., you can deduct 20% of these amounts, with an annual limit of €4,000. The acquired participation cannot exceed 40% directly or indirectly.

The said participation must be held for a minimum of three years, and the company must carry out an economic activity. The taxpayer must not perform executive or management functions within the investee company.

In the event that the investment corresponds to the incorporation of the entity, it must have, from the first fiscal year, at least one full-time employee under an employment contract registered with the General Social Security System.

In the event that the investment made corresponds to a capital increase of the entity, said entity must have been incorporated within the three years prior to the capital increase; furthermore, the entity's average workforce during the two fiscal years following the expansion must increase by at least one person relative to the average workforce held during the previous twelve months, and such increase must be maintained for at least another twenty-four months.

Transactions to which the deduction is applicable must be formalized in a public deed.

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Donations and contributions to the cultural heritage of Castilla-La Mancha

15% of the pure and simple donations made during the tax period of assets that, forming part of the cultural heritage of Castilla-La Mancha, are registered in the Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of Castilla-La Mancha in favour of certain entities.

The deduction base cannot exceed 10% of the taxable base.

General Deductions

Check out the general deductions rules for Spain here → 

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