Lorca next year will save more than 2.6 million euros thanks to lower property tax and water bill.
The seal of the car, construction tax, the rate of garbage collection and the crane will remain frozen.
The Councillor for Economy and Finance in the City of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, has reported that the city council has established an extensive battery of bonuses, exemptions and reductions in taxes and fees for application within the tax ordinance for next year, that a general drop in water bills adds.
The aim of this series of measures is to contribute to Lorca continue to benefit from the progressive decline of municipal taxes, since, as we have always defended, where it is better money is the pockets of citizens, with this premise that actually it contributes to strengthening the economy of our town.
Fulgencio Gil has indicated that the objectives of the tax ordinance for 2017 are to keep Lorca as one of the municipalities with the lowest tax burden across the region, ensure the provision of services, strengthen the balance between revenue and expenditure, ensuring financial viability , budgetary stability and sustainability of municipal accounts.
A subordinate ordinances are responsible in part to the need to address the financial obligations inherited from previous administrations.
This is to ensure that Lorca will continue to enjoy all municipal services, parking cuts and reductions, while will consolidate the balance of municipal accounts, with so much effort by the lorquina society we have achieved thanks successive development plans and austerity measures, savings and efficiency in spending.
Fulgencio Gil explained that the lowering of the receipt is possible by reducing the share sewer 26,733 customers and 10,129 fixed quota others.
low this month water bill to all Lorca, an average of 5.23%.
The overall cost savings for all citizens amounts to 723,000 €.
This is a measure that will benefit both Lorca that have water supply in areas without sewage (a total of 10,129), and residents in the town (24,296 customers) and the garden areas equipped with sewage ( involving contracts 2437).
The distribution of this generally lowering the water bill is as follows:
In the area of ​​the town, which accounts for 65.32% of supply contracts, citizens will benefit from a reduction of 9.5% in the sewer rate, equivalent to an annual reduction of 40.69 € euros in an average receipt (consumption of 40 m3).
The 10,129 families in the garden areas that do not have sewage, equivalent to 27.23% of the total, will also see reduced the amount of their bills an average of 12 per year by establishing a monthly decline in its fixed fee.
The reduction in orchard areas have sewer reach € 19.38 in the most common receipts.
This is an area that encompasses the 6,55% of total users, which correspond to 2,437 receipts.
In this case a reduction of 5 points in the sewer rate, which results in cutting the receipt as a whole is applied.
This decrease receipt joins other aid which are supported, as is the case of 50% decrease in the overall rate for retirees and pensioners whose pension does not reach the minimum wage and disabled with a handicap higher 33% and whose family unit has a lower perceptions the minimum wage.
They are also compatible with the bonus of 50% on the fee and the application of the rate of consumption block immediately below the variable fee to large families.
This year, moreover, it has created a Social Bond Water endowed with € 350,000 intended to help families at risk of social exclusion to pay their water bills.
It is recalled that has also been reduced by 65% ​​the fee for restoration of water service that applies Aguas de Lorca, standing out of the current 82 € to 35 € as fixed rate.
The City get a lowering of property values.
Councilman of Finance reported that the City has achieved a reduction in property values ​​which will mean an overall decrease of 8%, which translates into savings for all Lorca € 1,800,000.
Thus we reaffirm our commitment to further reduce the IBI, after catastrazo approved in 2005 by another administration.
This is an advantage for all citizens fruit of the efforts and the work done by the City Council over recent years in order to turn it down these values ​​and end up with a situation that was manifestly unjust for Lorca .
This review has been approved by the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration and included in the Order published in the Official Gazette on October 1.
It is recalled that it was the mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, who referred to the Directorate General of Land Registry in Murcia formal application to be established and implemented a reduction in property values ​​in urban IBI, an important tax advantage to benefit from direct citizens form corresponding to 67,812 receipts.
The reference referred to Article 32, point 2 of the Consolidated Text and the Law of Real Estate Cadastre, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2004 of 5 March.
the application request to the rateable values ​​of urban real estate in our municipality of the coefficients for decrease (reduction) establish the effect the Law on State Budget communicated in this way, the Directorate General of Land Registry 2017, prior appraisal by the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration of the concurrence of the legally established requirements.
Finance Councilman stressed that the Consistory have been implementing measures to correct the effects of "catastrazo" 2005. It is recalled that already in 2009 reductions were applied on receipt of citizens Sectorizado developable land with approved development element up to 80%, the average decline of 65%.
The mayor of Finance has also anticipated that the city will push forward a request to the Government of Spain for next year's bonus of 50% in the IBI is maintained in the area of ​​maximum earthquake condition.
This initiative will be presented in the Senate to be included in the processing of General State Budget (PGE).
Implementation of measures to accelerate economic recovery.
Councilman Economy explained that, as has already been done this year, ordinances deepen the implementation of concrete measures to stimulate the economy and benefit local entrepreneurs and citizens in general.
50% the first year and 30% the following four: for freelancers and SMEs a bonus of Business Tax for those who start any kind of business or business activities is maintained.
The revival of the historic center will also be driven by a bonus of 75% of ICIO for construction, renovation, rehabilitation and upgrading of all types of buildings (housing, offices, commercial premises) in the PEPRI area.
It again stressed, in this line, in an extension of the system of exemptions and bonuses in ICIO (95%) and rate (100%) for citizens to rebuild or rehabilitate buildings affected by earthquakes seal Car the construction tax, the rate of garbage collection and the crane will remain frozen, as the rise in the CPI will not be applied.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca