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In 2014 not ride or be updated taxes, plus it will lower fees and public prices Murcia will delve into the second phase of the restructuring plan to take additional measures Expenditure on Social Services, Employment, Trade and Tourism, among other debt per capita will drop to 443 euros next year

The Councillor for Economy and Finance, Isabel Martinez Conesa, has exposed this morning to all local groups of the City the draft budgets for 2014.

A budget that is characterized by not raising taxes or update Murcia and also lose some of the public costs or fees.

"All this is possible thanks to significant management measures undertaken in recent years by the government team of the city of Murcia," said Martinez Conesa.

The House also has addressed the modification of the Tax Ordinance and the rules governing the Public Prices and rates.

The tax freeze and lowering of taxes and public prices substantially inure citizens of the municipality of Murcia, as the City will no longer pay 2.5 million euros, is the result of hard work carried out in the recent years by the government team.

Effort has allowed in 2014 were likely to have consolidated the basis for initiating economic growth, employment generation and the development of more action to help improve the welfare of all Murcia.

The Budget for 2014, which was approved with votes against the opposition political groups, totaling 391 million euros, or 0.22% less than in 2013, and that rises to 484 24 million considering investees.

The 69% of expenditure (268 million euros) will go to basic services, social protection and employment promotion, and a total of 33.1 million euros will be for investment.

Without a doubt, this is a budget that shows that the city of Murcia has materialized Budgetary Stability commitment set and has complied with its adjustment plan approved in March 2012, and will serve to build momentum and start to grow in 2015.

Savings for Murcia

As in previous years, the city of Murcia will continue to implement measures against tax fraud implications towards the good of all citizens and thus achieve greater tax justice.

This control is what has allowed the incorporation of more than 15,306 units for the 2014 census, of which over 4,100 are urban units.

With the freezing of tax rates, the Murcia administration will pay the same bill in 2013 by the IBI, Vehicle Tax and IAE.

Freezing and downstream is also reflected in the fees and charges (OVP Markets, sports, cultural spaces, home telecare).

The Murcia stop paying the City of Murcia 2.5 million euros for not updating the CPI municipal taxes, 2.6 million by lowering some fees and charges, and will benefit from 28.3 million euros reductions in force aimed at disabled, large families, nonprofit organizations, sports facility users, SMEs and affected by capital gains (succession).

Budget stability

Current revenue forecast for 2014 amounted to 357,80 million which will fund current spending plans (322.46 million euros and part of the investments of 33.1 million euros, resulting in an operating balance nonfinancial 4.24 million euros.

One year, the appropriation provided in the budget chapters from current transfers Autonomous Community has been reduced by 5.29% which, together with the cumulative reduction of the years 2013 and 2012, is 44.5 %.

Despite the reduction, the City Council has taken the decision to maintain services to the most disadvantaged groups in the municipality of Murcia.

Building momentum

The analysis of income end of 2013 and the forecast for growth in 2014, estimated at 0.8%, is what has allowed the government team did not make the decision to raise rates that apply to taxes, thanks the control effort and cost containment.

After passing the first phase of the Restructuring Plan Expenditure (rationalization of consumption of basic services-reduction of 21% -, review of all annual contracts -20% -, review of administrative concessions-reduction of 15% - and reorganization of municipal services-savings of 15% -), the city of Murcia is entering a second phase of the Plan taking measures regarding:

- Employment.

It will have 5.07 million euros, 10.16% more than in 2013, to promote employment.

- Commerce.

It will have 2.75 million euros, 33% more for trade promotion.

- Social and Social Promotion.

Be allocated 21.30 million for the maintenance of services, although are reduced by 14.79% in transfers from the Autonomous Region for this item.

- Commitments with partners from other European Union countries.

It will have 1.2 million to take forward urban regeneration projects, promoting sustainable mobility and business associations in cooperation with other European towns.

- Tourism will have 2.4 million euros for the development of actions to help promote tourism in the municipality.

- Consolidation of Administration Modernization.

Be allocated 2.4 million euros to implement a new program of economic and financial control, including electronic bill payment providers Hall, mostly SMEs, which will be reflected in the reduction of the average payment period .

In the tax area, will be implemented in the electronic processing and collection management procedures in order to avoid displacement and indirect costs to citizens.

Along the same lines, enhance collaboration between public administrations and bodies for the implementation of telematic procedures that reduce formal obligations to citizens in their dealings with the City, as has been done with school Emuasa and Notaries.

In addition to the electronic office of the City and modernization.

Reducing debt

The budget for 2014 includes a gross savings of 45.16 million euros, of which 33.1 million euros earmarked to finance investment (street lighting, paving neighborhoods and districts 7.1 million euros, 1.4 million euros for the AVE, etc..) and 4.71 will net savings.

The debt to 31 of December 12, 2013, amounted to 198.42 million euros, a figure that will be reduced in 2014 at 4.24 million a year as it is expected repay debt worth 30.64 million euros.

The good financial situation the city of Murcia has led, once again, to lower the debt ratio by people who will spend 450 euros this year to 443 euros in 2014.

The percentage of debt outstanding at December 31, 2014, is 55.5% of current revenues, and is well below the maximum borrowing limit allowed is 75%, which would allow the City of Murcia to borrow up 19.5%.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia