Spanish Tax Return Translation
Spanish tax return translation for the IRS, a mortgage lender, an immigration attorney or a family court, and into Spanish for a tax office abroad. We translate the Mexican declaración anual from the SAT with its acuse, the Spanish declaración de la renta on Modelo 100, the Colombian Formulario 210 from the DIAN and the Argentine declaración jurada from ARCA, formerly AFIP.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for Spanish tax return records
What a Spanish-language tax return looks like on paper
Each tax office prints its return as a form with numbered boxes and a receipt, and the boxes and the receipt both need to survive the translation.
The SAT declaración anual and its acuse
A Mexican return is filed online and comes back as two PDFs: the declaración itself, listing ingresos, deducciones personales, ISR retenido and the saldo a favor or a cargo, and the acuse de recibo with a folio, the date, a sello digital and a cadena original that run for several lines. Those strings are reproduced character for character, not translated. The taxpayer is identified by RFC, which the translation labels as the federal taxpayer registry number so a US reader does not take it for a Social Security number.
Spain's Modelo 100 and the casillas
The declaración de la renta from the Agencia Tributaria is organized by casilla number: rendimientos del trabajo, base imponible general, cuota líquida and the resultado, which reads a devolver or a ingresar. A lender comparing two years wants the same casilla in both, so the translation keeps every box number and translates the label beside it. The one-page certificado de renta that the AEAT issues on request is often what a US recipient really wants, and it translates as one page at $25.
Who asks for a foreign return in English
A borrower with income abroad hands a lender the last two returns. An IRS examiner checking a foreign tax credit on Form 1116 may ask for the foreign return that shows the tax paid. A family court setting support reads a self-employed parent's declaración. Each wants the figures as filed, in the original currency, with the tax year stated. Mexico, Spain and Colombia all tax on the calendar year, so the periods line up with a US return without any adjustment.
Who is asking for your Spanish tax return translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS and the National Visa Center
Sponsors filing an affidavit of support, and applicants proving income, submit tax returns with a complete English translation and a signed certification. No notarization is needed.
IRCC
IRCC accepts a certified translation with the translator's affidavit. Order the certified translation and add notarization if your application guide asks for it.
Lenders and tax authorities
A mortgage lender or a tax office assessing foreign income accepts a certified translation of the return and its schedules. Ask whether they want a hard copy and add it at checkout.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Spanish tax return.
Send the filed return, not the draft
The recipient wants the version the tax office accepted, with its filing stamp, receipt number or online confirmation. Include the confirmation page if your return was filed electronically.
Include every schedule and attachment
The income summary on the first page refers to schedules behind it. A consulate or a lender reading the total will look for the pages that support it.
Give us the taxpayer name as the passport spells it
Taxpayer numbers, amounts and the currency are copied exactly as printed. Tell us the English spelling of each name on the return so it matches the rest of your file.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Spanish tax return translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the tax return is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
Spanish Tax Return FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Do you convert pesos or euros to dollars on the translation?
- No. Figures stay in the currency and format the tax office printed, and the translation names the currency once with its ISO code. If a lender needs a dollar figure, it applies its own exchange rate to the translated return; a translation that converted amounts would no longer match the original, and the certification could not say it was complete and accurate.
- My return is only the acuse, with no itemized pages. Is that enough?
- Often not. The SAT acuse de recibo confirms that a return was filed and gives its folio, but it shows little of the income behind it, and a lender wants the figures. Download the full declaración from the SAT portal, or ask your contador for it, and send it with the acuse. The acuse alone is usually one page at $25.
- Can you translate my US Form 1040 into Spanish for Spain or Mexico?
- Yes. A US citizen who is tax resident in Spain and claims the deducción por doble imposición internacional for US tax already paid may be asked by the Agencia Tributaria to show the 1040. We translate the form and its schedules into Spanish and keep every line number, so a Spanish asesor fiscal can match the figures to the Modelo 100.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other Spanish documents we translate
Tax return translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's tax return records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.