There’s an important deadline for the people who live in the municipality of Madrid. Vulnerable people will not pay the garbage rate in Madrid. The deadline to apply for those reduction is Feb 28. It is available for large families, vulnerable people receiving the low incomes or government support (IMV) and owners of empty or unused housing owners can request this reduction, which will be 100% in the case of the most disadvantaged.
Madrid’s municipal spokeswoman, Inma Sanz, explained at the press conference after the Governing Board that large families will benefit from a reduction similar to that in the IBI, which will take into account the cadastral value of the house and the Category of the large family title.
Madrid garbage rate
Madrid garbage rate is out of control. The city is one of the worlds biggest tourist hotspots and the amount of litter that is left on the street is enormous. This is something that the locals are also subsidising.
Thus, the reduction will be applied ex officio in those cases in which the taxpayer is the owner of the house, which is good news for those living in Spain‘s capital.
The reduction must be requested before March 1
In the event that the large family is the tenant of the house or has a large family title issued in another autonomous community, the reduction must be requested before March 1 of the year in which it is intended to produce effects and will maintain Until the numerous family status is lost or the circumstances that motivated their concession.
In addition to the reduction in the quota to large families, Inma Sanz stressed that Vulnerable people will not pay the garbage rate in Madrid.
Likewise, empty homes and premises in which no activity is carried out only will pay the basic rate of the rate, so they must prove such circumstance for the application of the reduction.
The new garbage fee
The new garbage fee, approved in December next to the most investor budget in the history of the Madrid City Council, must be paid by the holders of around 1.7 million properties, being not subject to its payment the garages and storage rooms associated with A house, in addition to the lots and buildings in a state of ruin.
The City Council spokeswoman recalled that the notification of this new municipal tax will be effective individually and certified to each of the owners of these properties in the second half of the year. Once the notification is received, the holder will have a broad term to pay it.
The Madrid City Council has enabled a specific section inline, where Spaniards concerned about the waste generation rate (TGR) and from where you can request the reductions of the quota in the link ‘reductions and assumptions of no subjection’. They can also do it through the 010 phone and the five taxpayer service offices.
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