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These actions represent a savings of more than 10.6 million euros for families

The Mayor urged the tax relief in 2003

A total of 3,882 families residing in Murcia numerous failed to pay up to 90% of the amount of Property Tax in 2008, closed last fiscal year.

The savings to their households was 714,000 euros.

The introduction of social assistance in the payment of municipal taxes was a measure designed and promoted by the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara.

Since it was launched in 2003, each year has expanded both the number of Murcia who benefit from them as taxes, government fees and charges included in the bonuses.

The measure is the result of the interest of the government team to address the groups that need it most, as explained responsible for Social Welfare, Maria del Carmen Pelegrin: "We work for people to improve their living conditions and protect those most in need, and even more in the current environment of economic crisis. "

To make this possible, the government team in 2010 will maintain social policies, ensuring that families continue to pay less, without this leading to a reduction in services.

Thus, aid targeted to large families also joined the owners of subsidized housing, whose owners pay half the amount of IBI.

In 2008, 856 were eligible Murcia this discount and other 3,804 were saved taxpayers 100% of the tax.

In this way and only in the Property Tax in that year 20,630 Murcia stopped paying 4.4 million euros to the City.

A money than they could have in their pockets to meet expenses.

Also, people with disabilities are given preferential attention.

In this case, since 2003 are exempt from paying the 100% Tax Motor Vehicle.

Last year, benefited from this as 14,213 people, who would otherwise have had to pay 1.4 million euros.

These are data covering only two social groups, large families and people with disabilities-and two-IBI concepts and vehicles, but the total bonuses approved by the City reach 107,991 receipts amounting to 17.5 million euros and include both these two taxes, as other tax figures, taxes and public fees.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia