this Alicante Provincial Council Next year the Economic Activity Tax (IAE) will abolish the state surcharge to help the business fabric overcome the crisis. This measure, supported by the government team led by Carlos Mazón, was approved at the institution’s plenary session on 5 October, with the support of the People’s Party and Citizen groups and the Socialist Party and Reconciliation vote against it. The complete abolition of the tax, which will come into effect in 2023, will benefit more than 8,500 companies.
Mazón defended this proposal “in keeping with and consistent with the political line of this government team that has promoted a state in recent years.” progressive elimination In this sense, he reminded that an amendment to the tax regulation allowing a reduction of this tax imposed on companies billing more than one million euros in 2021 from 20.5% to 10% is encouraged, and a further 50% reduction by 2022. It leaves only 5%.
The head of the institution estimated at nine million euros overall savings During this period (2021-2023), he insisted on the “consistency” of the People’s Party’s fiscal policy for companies and freelancers in the province, and in the face of criticism from the opposition. “opportunistic” and “anecdotal”. “It bothers you that we’re lowering taxes, something my party wants to do specifically to help those who need it most, with someone else wanting to raise them – referring to Compromís – and for the PSOE, who said once a week. He pointed to Mazón, who also criticized the lack of originality in the tax cut proposal announced by the Generalitat president.
Gerard Fullana of the Compromís Group states that the removal of the IAE state surcharge ” underfunded While advocating increasing Diputación to 30%, as the delegations of Valencia and Castellón did, while affecting only 5% of companies in the region”. Toni Frances, on behalf of the Socialist Group, called the decline “absurd” because, in her view, “it will not have a positive impact on companies or the state economy as a whole”.
Faced with these criticisms, Mazón Alicante Provincial CouncilIn addition to this measure, it supported more than 36 million extraordinary euros this year to help the self-employed, SMEs and families. “We are clear within our mandate that we are here to help the productive economy.”
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On the other hand, at the general meeting, unanimously approved A proposal that Diputación has pledged to include in its 2023 budget, an initial economic item of ten million euros, to help municipalities deal with the electricity supply bill. Likewise, the Generalitat and the Government are requested to authorize for all municipalities of the province 60 and 120 million euros respectively, in their respective shares and for the same purpose.
The motion, originally submitted by the Socialist Group, continued with the support of all groups after a change in integrity registered by the PP and Cs. Socialist deputy spokesperson Patricia Macià reminded that the increase in energy costs “harms the coffers of municipalities, therefore municipalities should be supported in this regard”. In this sense, Juan de Dios Navarro, Deputy Procurement from the government team, Electricity Supply Framework Agreement The provincial agency negotiated for municipal councils affiliated with the Procurement Center and advocated the proposed amendment, where the Government also does not charge the gas cap for contracted goods with a 100% renewable Guarantee of Origin and VAT reduced in local government based on contracts of more than 10 kilowatts.
Investments
In the section on the proposals, a proposal was formulated from Compromís, asking Diputación de Alicante to match the following. budget According to Fullana, the number of investments in Diputación de Valencia’s infrastructure and services is “three times larger”.
Infrastructure MP Javier Gutiérrez questioned the arguments of Compomís’ motion to Parliament. compare investments One of the three councils of the Valencian Community and has asked the formation to join its claim to end “with a budget deficit of 158 million” at Alicante’s detriment.
The MP stated that “every citizen province of Valencia has almost 60% more financial capacity than an Alicante citizen, which means that in order to be able to fairly and equitably compare an institution’s expenditures, the institution in Alicante must each have an additional 158 million euros available. Until we reach the annual budget of 430 million,” he said.
According to Gutiérrez, the Alicante Provincial Assembly has fewer resources than its counterparts, and they are deliberately incomparable in the proposed terms. manipulated”. He explained that with a population of 1,879,000 and a budget of 272 million euros, each Alicante receives 145 euros, or 159 euros less than Castellón and 84 euros less than Valencia.
The person in charge of infrastructures also explained that each year the funds are allocated to work plans. Alicante institution with the Business and Services Plan and Plan for 2019 alone, it exceeds 100 million euros, meaning 25 million investment per year of income “not 17.5 as Compromís recommends”. “They have forgotten more than 7.5 million a year, and Diputación de Alicante annually devotes 9.5% of its budget to expenditures arising from improper mandates that Consell must bear, and is at the bottom of Generalitat’s cultural investment issues,” he added.
Gutierrez, finally, generalitat a compensation fund that serves to bridge the gap between provincial institutions “so that all citizens, regardless of where they reside, enjoy the same funding, and end the budget deficit that this province has suffered from from time immemorial”.
Cleaning
The Provincial Assembly, with a motion submitted by the PPs and Cs, who also received the support of the opposition in this case, Hydrographic Confederations of Júcar and Segura Emergency cleaning of rivers, valleys and boulevards in the province of Alicante. For the government team, MP María Gómez condemned the current state of the rivers, saying “their clean up is the responsibility of confederations that have had little or no preparedness for the region in the face of a new DANA threat.” Metin also asks the Generalitat Valenciana to rely on their strength to stop the proliferation of invasive species.
On the other hand, at the plenary meeting, the political groups unanimously approved the candidacy of the state of Alicante to host the election. Spanish Artificial Intelligence Agency (AESIA). The corporate declaration, signed by all the spokespersons and allowing the withdrawal of the motion submitted by Compromís for the same purpose, also expresses its support for the work carried out by Generalitat on this issue.
Support for
The October ordinary general assembly meeting ended with the unanimous support of the entire company. broker Through a corporate statement asking Generalitat, among other measures, to involve these professionals in future assistance to alleviate the cost of fuel or exemptions for the use of road networks. In addition, it is requested to strengthen the controls on the association established for the execution of the commercial agency activity.