El contribuyente puede modificar el domicilio fiscal.

The taxpayer can modify the tax address.

Breakdown of El contribuyente puede modificar el domicilio fiscal.

• poder: may
• el contribuyente: the taxpayer
• el domicilio fiscal: the tax address
• modificar: to modify

Questions & Answers about El contribuyente puede modificar el domicilio fiscal.

Why is it El contribuyente and not just contribuyente?

In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article with a noun when talking about a person or category in a general, formal, or legal way.

So El contribuyente means something like the taxpayer in the sense of the taxpayer as a legal person/category, not necessarily one specific named person in everyday conversation.

This is especially common in administrative, legal, and official Spanish.

Does contribuyente change for masculine and feminine?

Usually, contribuyente has the same form for both masculine and feminine. The article shows the gender:

• el contribuyente = the male taxpayer / the taxpayer
• la contribuyente = the female taxpayer

This is common with many nouns ending in -nte.

Why is it puede modificar and not puede modifica?