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Date Published: 26/10/2022

ARCHIVED - Alhama promises 50 per cent tax rebates for homes and businesses that install solar panels

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Get money off your 2023 Real Estate Taxes for installing solar panels

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Alhama promises 50 per cent tax rebates for homes and businesses that install solar panels

The plenary session of Alhama de Murcia unanimously approved this Tuesday, October 25, the modification of the Ordinance regulating the Real Estate Tax (IBI) to grant a 50% rebate on the bills of those homes and businesses which have installed, for the first time, systems for the thermal or electrical use of solar energy (such as solar panels), up to a maximum of 200 euros per year.

This measure will be granted to those installations that have been executed as of January 1, 2022, and will be reflected in next year’s tax bill. It will be applicable during the three tax periods (years) following that in which the works and installations necessary for the incorporation of these systems are completed. For example, a home that has completed the installation of panels during the year 2022 will be entitled to the IBI rebate during the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

This rebate will have a rota character. The application for recognition must be made before March 1 of the year following the year in which the installation is completed – in this case meaning March 2023. Failure to comply with this deadline will result in the loss of the right to the rebate during the tax period immediately following the completion of the works and installations.

The rebate is conditional upon compliance with the following requirements:

That the collectors included in the installations for heat production have the corresponding homologation issued by the competent Administration.

Compliance with the technical requirements necessary for the development of the installation must be accredited by means of a technical project or technical report, assembly certificate, installation certificate duly certified by the authorised body of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, where applicable, as well as a municipal licence or other act of town planning control that covers the carrying out of the works.

That the installation of these solar energy systems is not compulsory for the applicant or the property for which it is requested, in accordance with the specific regulations on the matter.

That the building or construction on which the installation of the solar power harnessing systems is to be carried out is within the planning regulations and has, where applicable, the municipal licence or other act of urban planning control that covers it.

Properties located in buildings subject to the horizontal property regime (namely, flats and apartments) that carry out a shared installation to supply energy to all or some of them will be able to benefit from the rebate. Only the flats and premises linked up to the solar energy installation will be eligible for the tax rebate. For this purpose, the rebate application must be accompanied by documentation showing the list of owners participating in the installation.

Properties and businesses in which charging points for electric vehicles for self-consumption have been installed for the first time will receive exactly the same IBI rebates as for solar panels.

Both rebates are compatible with the rest of the discounts associated with this tax.

In addition, these measures are in addition to the one already being applied by the Consistory of a 90% discount on the Construction, Installations and Works Tax (ICIO) for the installation of solar panels.

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Alhama de Murcia Tourist information office is located on the edge of the Plaza de la Constitución, just a few metres away from the underground car park and the Town hall of Alhama de Murcia.

The tourist office offers free guided audiotours in English which take visitors around the historical sites of interest in Alhama. These be loaned at any time, although allow an hour and a half to complete the tour, and when loaning the audio equipment visitors are asked to leave passports or ID cards with the tourist office.

The office also carries a full range of leaflets for the archaeological museum of Los Baños, which is built around the historic spa which gives Alhama its name, and the mountains of Sierra Espuña, which is also an important area within the municipality of Alhama. Areas such as El Berro and Gebas have a number of interesting routes which can be followed and there are several picnic areas and good walking routes within the Sierra Espuña natural park.

The tourist office also carries leaflets for the many cultural events and fiestas which take place in Alhama throughout the year, including Los Mayos, Semana Santa, Christmas,the Romería of La Candelaria and the Auto de los Reyes Magos in El Berro.