The project of Barcelona Tax Ordinances for 2025 materializes the new tourist taxation put forward a few weeks ago by Mayor Jaume Collboni. The PSC municipal government plans to increase the Property tax (IBI) to hotels and cruise terminals, as well as by increasing fares paid by passengers. tourist coaches to park in the capital.
The objective is to increase the differentiated IBI rate to 233 leisure and hotel properties with a cadastral value greater than 5.2 million, of which 208 are hotels. The municipality also mentions that 63.5% of the hotels concerned are managed by heritage companies. Concretely, this differentiated IBI will increase from 1% to 1.08%.
At the same time, it is planned to increase the IBI which affects the Real estate with special characteristics (BICES)located mainly in the Port of Barcelona. Overall, this tax will apply to 130 properties such as commercial ports, cruise terminals, toll tunnels or the regasification plant managed by Enagás.
A gradual increase is proposed over three years to go from 0.80% to 1.30% in 2027. This update will have an impact of 4.42 million euros in 2025.
Buses and trash cans
The draft tax ordinances also include the new system of permits and fares for coaches in the city center in order to reduce their number. Thus, the operating cost of these vehicles quadruples, going from 20 to 80 euros.
These measures in the tourism sector are in addition to the increase in the local tourist tax approved last July and which came into force on October 1. Likewise, Collboni announced a few months ago that from 2029 the entire supply of tourist apartments in Barcelona would be eliminated.
Regarding the municipal waste ratea gradual increase is proposed to cover the overall cost of the service. The most common tariffs, which represent 72.7% of households, will see an increase of between five and ten euros on their annual bill in 2025, depending on the category of consumer.
Overall, local government believes the economic impact of the proposed tax and fee changes will allow the entry of an additional 22.6 million euros. The draft tax ordinances will be submitted to the Committee on Economy and Finance on October 16 prior to its provisional vote in plenary session.
