Propuesta de redistribución del IVA eléctrico en Aragón-Teruel

The Aragón-Térico parliamentary group exists in the Autonomous Chamber has registered a bill with the aim of redistributing the collection of electricity VAT to compensate territories according to their energy production.

During a press conference, the spokesperson for the group, Tomás Guitarte, explained that the goal is to «compensate territories that sacrifice in electricity production for the benefit of others.» In the case of Aragón, which produces 9% of energy and consumes only 4%, with the current VAT of 21%, and a projected collection of 2,000 million euros, it would correspond to around 180 million.

This parliamentary initiative is protected by Article 292 of the legal regulations in Aragón and Article 87 of the Constitution, allowing for the proposal to be increased by the Congress of Deputies, which is responsible for its approval as a state competence.

«It is a unique procedure according to Article 292 and we hope it can pass the judgment in the Aragón courts,» said Guitarte, who detailed that the process is a bit longer since, after considering the table, which took place on Wednesday.

Once informed by the government of Aragón, it would be taken to the chamber and if approved, it would be processed in Congress, where a delegation of the courts would be responsible for taking into account the defense and, if it progresses, it would continue the normal process.

This bill proposes the distribution of funds generated with electricity VAT in a targeted manner among provincial councils, to promote development, public services, and infrastructure, as well as to compensate territories that are exempt from implementing renewable energies due to renewable energies due to renewable energies. Renewables.

The spokesperson for Aragón-Teruel emphasized that it is not creating a new tax, but proposing «a new distribution of an existing tax.»

Therefore, he stated that this legislative initiative is a conceptual recovery of the tax created in 1981, which was in place until the creation of VAT, which replaced it in 1986, with the aim of «compensating those territories that were sacrificed in production. For the benefit of others, so that they at least had financial compensation for the damages caused.»

«It’s curious because it’s a law from 40 years ago, which was quite fair to the territories,» Gitarte believes, concluding that it is a «solely economic compensation,» but «important for society to show that it really wants to show solidarity» and promote «territorial compensation» with those areas that are sacrificed.

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