Last December 26, 2019 was published in the Official Gazette of the Province (No. 295) the new Tax Ordinance number 2 of the City Council of Zaragoza, which regulates the Real Estate Tax(commonly known as IBI or urban contribution), and which will be already applicable to the current year 2020.
The great novelty contained in this tax regulation of the City Council of Zaragoza is the approval of a substantial and true rebate on the full amount of the property tax corresponding to the habitual residence of large families, which reaches 60% for large families in the general category and 70% for large families in the special category.
The rebate in the new regulation is, at last, objective and real, since its effective application is not conditioned, as in previous years, by the cadastral value of the habitual residence, a circumstance which meant that, strictly speaking, almost no large family could benefit from this rebate.
For the purposes of the application of this allowance, the habitual residence is considered to be that in which all the members of the family unit are registered, except in cases of separation or divorce, as well as the residence of any of the members in another municipality for reasons of studies.
Important: as stipulated in section 2 of the Transitory Provision of the new Ordinance, the application of the new large family allowance for this same fiscal year 2020 requires that it be applied for before January 31. If the application is made after this date, it will take effect as from the following fiscal year 2021.
The application for the subsidy can be submitted at the registration offices of the Seminary Building, at the Zaragoza City Hall or at the district councils and must be accompanied by the following documentation:
- a) National Identity Document of the applicant;
- b) Certified photocopy of the family book.
Once the tax credit has been granted, it shall be maintained, at the most, for the tax periods coinciding with the period of validity of the Large Family Title in force at the time of the application or, as the case may be, of the renewal, and a new application must be submitted, in order not to interrupt the tax benefit, before December 31, except for renewals to be made in the month of December, in which case the application period shall be up to January 31. Likewise, in the event of a change of habitual residence, a new application for the tax credit must be submitted.
Equally novel is the 30 % rebate on the full amount of the tax for properties in which economic activities are carried out in which the condition of retail trade is met, provided that the owner of the activity is the owner of the premises and has its fiscal or social domicile in Zaragoza, expressly excluding from this rebate franchised establishments and premises installed in shopping centers or shopping malls.
If you wish to see the complete content you can download it here:http://www.zaragoza.es/contenidos/normativa/ordenanzas-fiscales/2020/OF-02-2020.pdf
Pablo Solá Martí.