The municipal council of Cartagena, presided this morning by the Mayor, Jose Lopez, has approved the lowering of municipal taxes for 2016, and for which citizens will no longer pay taxes, fees and charges about 2.4 million euros for the first time and will better position to spread payments.
Most of that decline, about 1.4 million euros correspond to the reduction by 10 percent in the current vehicle tax brackets with the Municipal Government wants to ease the tax burden and prevent leakage that has been producing other municipalities, having Cartagena maximum tax rate.
The other million euros, about it will be for the suspension of the increase in the rate of garbage, which the adjustment plan should rise in 2016 to 5 percent as well as the general decline in other fees and public prices 0.4 percent, corresponding to negative annual CPI.
Meeting the demands of the hospitality industry, it has also adopted a r eduction of charge for umbrellas, awnings and flights on public roads paid by holders of terraces that come down from 35 to 15 percent.
Besides a monthly apportionment of this tax for occupying public roads it applies when they occur ups and downs;
and accrual period will extend from August 5 to 5 septiembre.Por Meanwhile, real property s tax (IBI) will not rise next year, as well as the capital gains;
while the business tax (IAE), a tenth will be updated as contemplated by the Adjustment Plan.
It was also clarified aspects of the implementation of the stepping rate, which will be mandatory when the entrances to the garages are established by a recess in the acera.La vote has received favorable votes of PSOE, MC and citizens;
PP abstaining and voting against CTSSP, calling for greater progressivity in reducing tariffs, especially in road tax.
An amendment of Citizens and CTSSP has unanimously approved a reduction by 50 percent of the current rate for the animal adoption center Care and Treatment of Domestic Animals (CATAD) including her vaccination and sterilization of charge pets.
Initially proposed its free but all local groups have finally agreed that a small amount is charged for the service is valued by citizens while adoptions are conducive.
CUSTOM TAX PLAN PP abstained and the favorable vote of the other groups, the House has approved the amendment of the General Management Ordinance, collection and inspection of municipal taxes of the City of Cartagena, which among other things provides greater opportunities for citizens pay their taxes: as fractionation on up to nine months without interest, taxes vehicles, real estate and stepping;
or the requirement for a present guarantees for the postponement less than 18,000 euros debts, as explained by the Councillor of Finance, Isabel Garcia. PAYMENT OF PAY A PART OF OFFICERS In another vein, the city has given the green light unanimously by all local groups to the proposal of the Municipal Government to amend the General Budget 2015 for the payment of a part of the bonus in December 2012. Thus nearly 750,000 euros will be used which had already been provided by the municipal treasury surpluses from previous years to address this back part of the bonus that year left in his thought the government of the nation.
As established by the state executive has approved the full all municipal employees, including its autonomous bodies shortly receive 26 percent of that pay. TEN YEARS TO RETURN TO THE STATE 2.3 million plenum also approved unanimously to extend the period of repayment of the 2.3 million that have resulted from the final settlement of the participation in State taxes for the year 2013. In that year the City received more than that amount of revenue It has practiced by the state, which now must return, within ten years. WITHDRAWALS ACCOUNTS 2014 Before entering the section pleas, questions and motions, has withdrawn from the agenda the approval of the general account Hall and for the year 2014 autonomous bodies, and the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Old Town municipal company, rejected minutes before the full council approval of their accounts, with the favorable votes of PSOE and MC, and votes against the PP, Citizens and CTSSP. SEVEN motions passed unanimously by the section on petitions, motions questions and highlighted the unanimity of local groups that have approved five motions PP.De Citizens and two citizens, relating to the initiation of procedures to provide one or more official chroniclers of the municipality of Cartagena;
develop a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan;
require the Autonomous Community to accept the new offer partial display at the MURAM collection Marifí painting spaces;
developing consensual with all those affected by a new ordinance Street Vending;
Cartagena and accession to the Spanish Network of Intelligent Cities.
PP have been approved motions to control and even develop a municipal policy to avoid parking and RV camping and Isla Plana Azohía;
consensual and modify the current Basic Regulation of the plenary for what is already the Municipal Government announced in last Informative Commission of Finance and Home Affairs creation of a working group.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena