The Government Calms the Hoteliers with the Temporary Freezing of the Increase of the Tourist Tax

The elasticity of the government in the minority of Salvador Illa is having its first great test of fire of the mandate by the reform of the tourist rate. The lack of alignment with the partners of the investiture (Esquerra and Commons) have evidenced the difficulty of governing with only 42 of 135 deputies. The initial proposal of the executive decree law -pacted with the commons- doubled the cost of the tax but ERC put the cry in the sky and t…

The Councillor of Economy and Finance of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Alicia Romero, and the leader of Comuns, Jéssica Albiach, have announced a pact to postpone the decree law of the tourist tax until October in exchange for, among other measures, allocating 60 million euros in the third credit supplement to housing policies. This has been confirmed at a press conference, in which they have added that, of these 60 million, 30 will be to exerci…

In return, around 60 million euros will be allocated to housing policies.

The increase in the tourist tax will be applied in October, in exchange for accelerating the registration of large holders, creating specific control over tourist apartments and guaranteeing 60 million euros more in housing and the local cooperation fund.

The Govern and the Comuns have formalized an agreement this Friday to validate in the Parliament the new decree of deferment of the entry into force of the increase of the tourist tax. According to the pact, the Executive will approve the call of the plan of neighborhoods between June and July of this year, and will enable the almost 60 million euros that will cease to be collected until the entry into force of the tax to invest them in housing …

Also speed up the registration of big holders and inspections on this tax BARCELONA, 16 (EUROPA PRESS) The councilor of Economy and Finance of the Generalitat, Alicia Romero, and the leader of Comuns, Jéssica Albiach, have announced a pact to postpone the decree law of the tourist tax until October in exchange for, among other measures, [...] The entry Govern catalan and Comuns agree to postpone the tourist tax and allocate 60 million more to ho…