Bilbao City Council has today approved the tax ordinance proposal for exercise 2026 that incorporates as Great novelty The urban waste ratetribute of mandatory compliance at the state level that In the villa it will be in force in January.
After approval at the Governing Board and following the regulatory procedure, the Councilor for the Treasury, Marta Ajuria, has appeared at its own request to publicize all political groups with municipal representation. Tax and fees scenario that the Consistory has prepared for next year.
As the first element of great importance he has reported on the impact who will have the Bowl of collection, transport and treatment of urban waste, totally new and mandatory tributefollowing the Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which is transposed to Law 7/2022 of contaminated waste and soils for a circular economy. This regulation involves a mandate that each and every local entities must carry out without exception, also in Euskadi. It is a different scenario to everything that has been carried out to date and that also implies a change of paradigm and mentality in citizenship with ambitious goals of the European Union itself: we must generate less waste and increase recycling, waste is a problem, but also an opportunity.
In the specific case of Bilbao the new Waste rate It will come to replace the current garbage rate managed by the Water Consortium. The new tribute, which will be in force in January 2026will be managed by the City Council.
For the elaboration of this fiscal ordinance, the Treasury team, together with other municipal areas, has done in recent months an intense work to, among other requirements, to establish a Non -deficit rate that reflects the real cost of the collection, transport and treatment of waste and that, at the same time, allows to implement payment systems per generation Under the principle of “who pollutes pay. ”
Freezing municipal taxes
In addition to the approval of the new rate, the Freezing for 2026 of all taxes and fees.
Some technical modifications are proposed in the fiscal ordinances regulatory of vehicles, surplus value and in the general fiscal ordinance mainly derived from the necessary adaptation to the 4/2024 Foral Standard of December 27, which approves tax measures.
On the other hand, it is necessary to highlight with respect to the IBI that two modifications of the ordinance are proposed:
- Within the framework of the policies developed by the City Council in support of families and as a fiscal policy measure favorable to Large families, The increase in bonus percentages with respect to housing that constitutes its habitual residence is proposed.
- In relation to the surcharge for homes that do not constitute the residence of the taxpayer, it is also proposed to include degree I, together with the cases already contemplated by dependence of grade II and grade III, as a cause of exclusion of the application of the surcharge to the homes that have been empty as a result of these situations.
New waste rate in Bilbao: Direct Management of the City Council
One of the News which contemplates the waste rate is its Direct management by the City Council from January 2026y Not as until now for the Water Consortium.
Regarding who will be forced to payment of the rate for the provision of the urban waste management service that are generated or can be generated, They will be all the regular people of Urban propertiesboth HOUSING and real estate Residential use as real estate Of non -residential use.
They will not be subject to this tribute: the municipal service of cleaning of public roads, services or activities that are provided in the clean point of the town (which will follow in their case with the rates in force), the properties that have been declared in ruin or those that have recognized cadastral uses such as covered platforms attached to the stations, gardens and free spaces, urban areas such as marques, accesses, access, roads, roads …
Components and calculation of the fee
The quota will be composed of the sum of two components:
- He Basic component for the existence of the service and that will attend to the principle of economic capacity.
- And the Specific component which will be calculated according to the potential generation of waste.
- He Basic component will cover forty percent of the cost of the servicewhile the Specific component will reach the sixty by hundred.
- He Specific component It will be determined differently for residential real estate and the not residential.
In the case of Residential real estatethe component basic It will be calculated based on the cadastral value and the specific Depending on the number of people registered in the house (it will not be enforceable in garages or storage).
In Non -residential properties, The basic component will also be calculated based on the cadastral value, but the specific It will be calculated with respect to the type of activity they develop and its surface (square meters in which economic activity is carried out). The specific component will be reduced by 50% in the properties that have recognized the following cadastral uses: sports, stadiums, auditoriums, libraries, museums, art centers, centers of worship …
Cost of service management Of collection and treatment of Residuity
Another news in the elaboration of the ordinance of the new waste rate is the calculation of the actual cost of the service (collection, transport and treatment) to establish a non -deficit quota. The cost of the service is estimated that in 2026 it will amount to 36 million euros. In 2025 it is 24 million euros.
Date placed in force
The new waste rate will enter into force in January 2026 and with Exclusive effects for exercise 2026passive subjects They may request before May 31, 2026 that the Annual quota is fraction of six equal monthly receipts, without interest accrual, whose payment will be required by banking domicile.
To the following year, in 2027, this tax will be incorporated into the system of Payment to the letter. This service, as will be remembered, allows paying municipal taxes and fees in a fractional manner and through banking domicile, without surcharges or interest. It is a tool of the Bilbao City Council that offers the possibility of paying taxes in a comfortable and organized way.
Bonuses: Only in residential use
A very important section within the proposal of the waste rate are bonuses what solo They will apply to residential use for the use of Special organic waste containers (Brown container or fifth container).
Conditions:
- Only for exercise 2026, The bonus to the residential properties will apply to all those passive subjects that have Requested the discharge of your real estate in the Special Organic Waste Program before January 1, 2026. In this first year, the bonus will be of a 10% of the component Specific of the quota. (The date and way of making the application will be announced).
- As of January 2027: One is contemplated 20% bonus of the specific component to those who prove a minimum of 36 weeks in it use of containers of Organic waste of domestic origin during the year before the accrual. (In January 2027, this reduction will be applied with the data for the use of the fifth container that have been obtained in the previous year, that is, during the year 2026.) This bonus will be applied ex officio to the housing declared in the registry of users and for A single house. The accreditation must be requested from the area of Public Works and Services who, in turn, will send to the Treasury the data of the homes that meet the requirements for the granting of the bonus. The way of accessing the 5th container will be announced in nearby dates.
Debate and new full
After the commission presentation of the Councilor for Finance next Monday, May 12, Marta Ajuria The proposal for fiscal ordinances will be presented to begin the presentation process of amendments prior to the approval debate by the municipal plenary provided in the month of June.
