The plenary session of the Tías Town Council unanimously approved this Tuesday the specific modification of the tax ordinances regulating three taxes to encourage the installation and construction of electric vehicle charging points in the municipality. The modifications affect the Real Estate Tax (IBI), the Economic Activities Tax (IAE) and the Construction, Installations and Works Tax (ICIO).
The mayor, José Juan Cruz, and the Councilor for Economy and Finance, Tomás Silvera, defended these modifications explaining that "the Government group has been taking important initiatives such as the adhesion and signing of the Covenant of Mayors for compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), among other measures," said the mayor.
The Head of Finance added that "the approved bonuses are in addition to those already existing for electric vehicle owners and the outstanding bonuses that we have implemented in the environmental field."
Silvera recalled that the decarbonization of the economy, "in addition to being an urgent need to limit climate change and its effects on the planet, represents an opportunity from an economic point of view, as identified by the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan."
The bonuses approved unanimously in the ordinary plenary session held this Tuesday afternoon affect the Construction Tax, for which a 90% bonus has been agreed in favor of the constructions, installations or works necessary for the installation of charging points for electric vehicles.
Those affected by the Real Estate Tax will enjoy a bonus of 5% of the full amount of the tax on real estate in which charging points for electric vehicles have been installed.
The same 5% bonus will be applied to the corresponding fee for taxpayers who pay the Economic Activities Tax for municipal fees and who have installed charging points for electric vehicles in the premises affected by the economic activity.
The application of all these bonuses will be conditional on the facilities having the corresponding approval by the competent Administration.
There are some legal requirements for minimum charging facilities for electric vehicles in parking lots attached to buildings for uses other than residential or existing parking lots not attached to buildings.
Before January 1, 2023, all buildings for uses other than private residential that have a parking area with more than twenty spaces, whether inside or in an attached outdoor space, must have minimum charging infrastructure facilities for electric vehicles that, in general, will be one charging station for every 40 parking spaces or fraction thereof, up to 1,000 spaces.
In addition to these measures, Tomás Silvera emphasized other important measures already taken in the legislature such as the bonus in the Economic Activities Tax for companies that have collective transport plans for workers, or the 90% bonus of the IBI to category A buildings in the energy efficiency certificate.
