IBI amnesty possibly on the way in 2013

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New amnesty on the cards for owners of unregistered homes



The Government has announced plans to make it easier to register homes that have not been inscribed in the Cadastre, so they can be taxed properly.

There may be thousands of properties in Spain that have not been properly inscribed in the Cadastre, which means owners have not been paying the correct amount of local property tax (known as the IBI). Many of them will not have been paying any tax at all.

The Cadastre is a property register that is used for calculating rateable values for local property taxes.

To sort out this problem, and help town halls collect more tax, the Government has drafted a new amendment to the national budget for 2013 that offer owners a kind of amnesty for not paying local property taxes in the past.

Under the proposed amendment, owners who have not paid taxes on properties that were not properly inscribed in the Cadastre can now register their homes (and/or building changes) and avoid fines for back taxes by paying a penalty of just €60. Under the current law, the fine could be as high as €6,000.

[SurfJames]

 
New amnesty on the cards for owners of unregistered homes



The Government has announced plans to make it easier to register homes that have not been inscribed in the Cadastre, so they can be taxed properly.

There may be thousands of properties in Spain that have not been properly inscribed in the Cadastre, which means owners have not been paying the correct amount of local property tax (known as the IBI). Many of them will not have been paying any tax at all.

The Cadastre is a property register that is used for calculating rateable values for local property taxes.

To sort out this problem, and help town halls collect more tax, the Government has drafted a new amendment to the national budget for 2013 that offer owners a kind of amnesty for not paying local property taxes in the past.

Under the proposed amendment, owners who have not paid taxes on properties that were not properly inscribed in the Cadastre can now register their homes (and/or building changes) and avoid fines for back taxes by paying a penalty of just €60. Under the current law, the fine could be as high as €6,000.

I hope they build the Priors a new home, having demolished their villa. Mr Prior had a heart attack and they have been forced to live in their garage surrounded by a pile of rubble.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2208763/Helen-Len-Prior-British-couple-lived-garage-4-years-Spanish-villa-demolished.html

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Forgive me for being cynical, but the Priors are probably getting demands to pay IBI on their now non-existent house.   Poor souls, what an atrocious  thing to have happened.