The tax office has seized my bank account
The tax office can seize your account balance, but only your share if the account is joint, and if your salary is paid into it the legal limits apply.
What it can seize
The funds you hold at a credit institution, up to the amount you owe.
«podrá disponer su embargo en la cuantía que proceda»
If the account has several holders
Only the debtor's share is seized; unless shown otherwise, the balance is split equally.
«Cuando los fondos o valores se encuentren depositados en cuentas a nombre de varios titulares sólo se embargará la parte correspondiente al obligado tributario.»
If your salary or pension is paid into it
That part of the balance has the same limits as a wage garnishment.
«Cuando en la cuenta afectada por el embargo se efectúe habitualmente el abono de sueldos, salarios o pensiones, deberán respetarse las limitaciones establecidas en la Ley 1/2000, de 7 de enero, de Enjuiciamiento Civil»
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General information, not advice on your specific case. Text prepared with the help of artificial intelligence; every quotation is a verbatim extract from the official text and is checked against the BOE every night. Other common letters.