AEAT inspector vacancies offer up to €48,098 in supplements

511 AEAT inspector posts with supplements up to €48,098

While attention focused on Catalonia, the Official Gazette of November 7, 2023, published a 111-page tender for 511 Tax Inspector positions at the AEAT. This was no ordinary job listing. The visible portion—specific supplements—ranges from €32,521.72 to €48,098.96 annually. That is just the supplement. Base salary, seniority bonuses, destination allowances, and productivity pay are separate, leading some to describe it bluntly as a disguised reclassification of posts.

The figures defy comparison with the rest of the General State Administration. According to the thread opening this discussion, the most uncomfortable detail is not the amount but who decides it: many of these posts would be filled by free appointment, meaning the group receiving the pay also influences how much is paid, as they manage the agency's budget.

What is the specific supplement and why does it inflate salaries?

This remuneration reflects particular job conditions, not seniority or body level. At the AEAT, these amounts range from €32,521.72 to €48,098.96. Just the supplement.

Context makes the scale more striking. Administrative assistants (group C2) receive a specific supplement of €17,134 in certain locations, far exceeding what many A1 civil servants earn under this heading in other ministries. Examples cited include state pharmacists at level 24 with supplements around seven thousand euros and no productivity pay. Internal comparisons within the Administration itself cause the most friction.

Two years losing purchasing power while funds aren't shared

Between 2020 and 2022, annual gross salary losses at the Tax Agency exceeded 5% for all workers, varying by group but affecting everyone. Against this backdrop, internal debate shifts from how much each body rises to who keeps the money when it arrives. The Ministry of Finance is perceived to channel productivity increases mainly to inspectors, fueling an open conflict with their union. Political climate hasn't helped: the union leadership was accused of campaigning for the PP in the 2023 general elections.

Annual congress: public per diems and days counted as vacation

Each year, over 500 inspectors gather at a congress in a Spanish city. Reports suggest the Ministry of Finance funded these days—including per diems—which are granted to attendees as if they were holidays, labeled in training. The same mechanism was reportedly enabled for the first time for the technicians' union congress held in Barcelona in October, to avoid scandal. According to those accounts, press coverage omits who pays.

Inspectors vs. technicians: infighting within the Tax Agency

Before summer 2023, rumors circulated about a tender. Few anticipated it would become an inspector reclassification. CCOO argues the budget was intended to reclassify administrative staff, who have been left without funds and struggle in major cities. In mid-2022, Jesús Gascón Catalán, a Tax Inspector, was appointed Secretary of State for Finance, giving the agency's leadership more leeway. Evidence includes SIAT, a strong customs surveillance union, overturning an inspector panel, leading leadership to incorporate those posts into the tender. Tensions between bodies culminated in a strike by tax technicians scheduled for November 26, 2025.

The taxpayer, the system's last piece

At the end of the chain is the payer. A taxpayer appealing before the TEAR has, according to estimates, only a 10% chance of having tried, and a 50-60% success rate when they do. The incentive is therefore inaction. Another noted detail: inspector productivity pay isn't returned if the case is lost. Win or lose, the bonus remains in the paycheck.

How much of this compensation design responds to technical criteria versus a group's ability to set its own premium?