"The City of Murcia's main objective is to develop measures that contribute to the Murcia have a better quality of life in order to withstand the best way possible these times of economic crisis the country is experiencing."
This was said today the Deputy Mayor for Economic and Financial Affairs, Joaquin Moya-Angeler, to the statements made by the socialist municipal group on the IBI tax.
Moya-Angeler stressed that "the Murcia benefit from the subsidies offered by the City of Murcia citizens in property tax bills, water, seal the car, the rate of garbage, sports and municipal schools , among other things. "
"This year, 6,542 families have benefited from subsidies provided by the city of Murcia for owners of housing and property owned by large families.
With regard to exemptions, will be 1,273 beneficiaries "
VPO tax benefits: The law states that for three years are entitled to the benefit of 50% on property tax bill, but specifically the city of Murcia has increased in one year period.
Tax benefits for large families: Large families of General category, receive a 50% reduction in their property tax bill.
The head of the Treasury pointed out that 56% of the municipal budget goes to social spending, and has been used to indicate "the current financial situation is extremely delicate and two years ago that the National Government committed itself to undertake reform local funding in parallel and linked to regional funding, but this commitment José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has failed to approve the regional financing regardless of the local. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia