It has managed to reduce the delinquency rate during the last year by 7 points, standing at the beginning of 2016 at 25% and ending 2017 at 18%.
The ATL, created 3 and a half years ago by this Municipal Executive, has managed to recover 15.4 million euros for Lorca, an amount accrued by taxpayers who, despite having economic solvency, had become almost perpetual defaulters.
The Councilor for Economy and Finance of the City of Lorca, Juan Francisco Martínez, reported that the Local Tax Agency (ATL) has managed to recover for Lorca 4,178,351.98 euros in their activity to protect the rights of taxpayers and prevent the fiscal fraud, a work that is being developed by the City Council to attack the large fraud bags that were detected by the economic team of the City.
Juan Francisco Martínez pointed out that "the work of the ATL, as already indicated since its formation, is to eliminate the fraud and systematic non-payment of taxes that had been detected by municipal officials. All of the cases, of companies or individuals that have the capacity and proven economic solvency to face the payment of their taxes, were not doing so, that is, amounts accrued by taxpayers who had become almost perpetual delinquent with the administration ".
The Councilor of Finance explained that "the amount collected in favor of Lorca mainly includes the sum of two sections.The first of them corresponds to the actions of verification, inspection and tax procedures, thanks to which it has managed to recover 619,094, 29 euros, mainly derived from the non-payment by legal entities of the Economic Activities Tax (IAE), Building and Installations Building Tax (ICIO), as well as other issues such as false fords for vehicles, rate of issuance of works license and rate of 1.5%. The existing debts for the systematic non-payment of these taxes as well as their corresponding interests have been preserved for the Lorca coffers ".
Martinez added that "in terms of collection management in the executive period, the second section, from the Local Tax Agency have recovered 3,559,257.69 euros.We are talking about a quantity derived from providential debts of constraint for which collection the ATL coordinates with the Tax Agency of the Region of Murcia (ATRM) .It is also about revenues that were pending in the vast majority of cases by companies, constituting a parcel of delinquency that must be ordered by a principle of equality and justice with the Lorca taxpayers In this sense, it is worth mentioning the relevant case of a supply company that had a debt with the City Council of 600,000 euros in 2017. "
El Edil de Hacienda has indicated that "the approval to create this organism goes back to the municipal plenary session celebrated in the month of July of the year 2013, entering into full operation as such on June 1, 2014, having managed to recover since then 15.4 million euros for the coffers of Lorca.This tax management body, whose work action is summarized in the slogan "If we all collaborate, we will pay less and we will have better services", has also managed to reduce the rate of delinquency during the last year in 7 points, standing at the beginning of 2016 at 25% and ending 2017 at 18% ".
Juan Francisco Martínez, also, recalled that "from the City we establish specific formulas for the payment of taxes, such as the Personalized Tax Plan, as well as payment facilities (debt fractionation, postponement thereof, ...), of which have benefited thousands of citizens.The Local Tax Agency protects the rights of Lorca, since what can not be is to enjoy public services without contributing to citizens.We are talking about a basic principle of solidarity between Lorca It is unacceptable that while the immense majority complies, striving to contribute, there are some who act in an unsupportive and uncivil manner with their own neighbors. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca