Those affected by the volcano will continue without paying IBI and activity tax

This measure, already implemented in 2021, will be added Extension of the moratorium on new item and mortgage payments of €6.5 million to help affected families buy propertyextends the deadline for another six months. It now includes residents who cannot access their homes in the Puerto Naos and La Bombilla areas due to the presence of gases incompatible with human life.

The approval of a 60% exemption on the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) by the Congress of Deputies created differences among the participants of the Joint Commission for the reconstruction of La Palma, where different administrations showed their own differences in work and practice.

Representatives of the PSOE, together with Ángel Víctor Torres, a Regional president, from El Paso’s mayor Sergio Rodriguez (CC), with the support of PP’s Cabildo head Mariano Hernández Zapata, demanding that this mandate of the Lower House be complied with, refused to accept the measure as unjust. While he was outspoken in his refusal, he was more restrained than Presidential Minister Félix Bolaños, who stressed that the measure would be reviewed by the Executive Board. Pedro Sánchez’s photo.

The person in charge of raising the issue within the Joint Commission was Sergio Rodriguez, who was also the secretary of the CC Organization in La Palma and demanded that the Government comply with the agreed agreement as soon as possible. Reduction of 60% of income tax to residents of La Palma by Congress. “The Commission missed the support of the Government of Cabildo and the Canary Islands in the face of such a fair and necessary claim for the revival of the island’s economy,” he stressed.

However, Palmero President Hernández Zapata later told the press that the island would support any tax exemption to which it is entitled, while also referring to the advantageous taxation proposal for companies wishing to invest in La Palma. “We are focusing on tourism, especially because of the lack of beds we have,” he said.

However, Ángel Víctor Torres was completely against the proposal to reduce personal income tax by betting directly on aid and tax credits for those affected. Referring to the Government agreement in the Canary Islands for this, the seventh article states that taxation should be “fair and progressive”, so that “those who have the most, who pay the most”

According to Torres, the income tax cut “does not reach the whole of society” and refers to the fact that “two-thirds of the population will not have a cut.”

Finally, Félix Bolaños was more cautious when he explained that “the Government will review all resolutions approved in the Debate on the State of the Nation to see if they are consistent with the general policy” and added “there is no doubt”. Devotion to the island with assistance in tax matters”.

Ángel Vítor Torres emphasized that the restructuring plan document was practically devised after months of work and more than 50 meetings with groups and affected people. In this study, he noted that the lands were determined to be occupied, stressing that “those with more than 30 meters of lava will take years to recover”, so “you have to climb to a maximum height of five meters”. remote areas of the volcano”.

Also, “the will is that they can have the Statutory Decrees before the end of the year so that they can have this participatory zoning document,” he said.

In line with this, Minister Bolaños emphasized that urban planning will make the island “an example of a sustainable region”. He added that the work to do so was “very well directed”.