2025 arrives with a new tax under its arm for all those municipalities of more than 5,000 inhabitants: the garbage rate. Madrid is no exception and, after ten years without paying this tax, the Government Board this Thursday began the processing of the new tax ordinances that will regulate it. Below, we detail the most frequently asked questions and answers that this announcement has generated:
Why does Madrid include this new rate?
Municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants are obliged by the Law 7/2022of April 8, of waste and contaminated soils, to incorporate a “non-tax, specific, differentiated and non-deficit rate, which allows the implementation of payment systems per generation and that reflects the real cost, direct or indirect, of the operations of collection, transportation and treatment of waste. This, in turn, transposes the revision that was made in 2018 of the European Waste Directive.
What will be its cost?
The average cost will be 140 euros per year per home and 310 euros for businesses. 81% will be linked to the cadastral reference and a rate of 19% will be linked to waste generation.
When will the receipts start arriving?
The tax will come into force in 2025. As it is new, taxpayers must be notified. The first letters, depending on the Treasury area, will likely arrive in the second half of 2025. From there, there are two months to pay it.
Will the tax burden increase?
Almeida explained yesterday that the cost of the garbage tax, which will take 234 million to the municipal coffers, will have a neutral effect on the pockets of Madrid residents thanks to his government’s successive reductions in the IBI. In 2025, this tax will be 0.428%, so they will stop collecting 220 million.
Are there bonuses?
There will be tax credits for large families, as in the case of the IBI. The PSOE criticizes the fact that, as provided by state law, deductions for the most vulnerable are not incorporated.
How is it paid?
In 2025 it must be paid in a single payment, as it is a new tax. Starting in 2026, the city council recalled, it will be possible to pay in installments, like the IBI.
Should tenants pay it?
The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, also explained that the tenants “will pass on” this rate to their tenants: “According to the norm, the one who has to assume this garbage rate is the one who generates the waste. It is different from IBIin which the taxpayer is the owner,” explained Encarna Hidalgo, delegate of the Treasury area.
What will happen to the rest of municipal taxes?
The rest of the local taxes (ICIO, IVTM…) and their bonuses, the regional government noted, remain as in previous years.
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