Tax
Tax Agency's warning message on rental income
The tax declaration campaign, now underway, has its sights on incomes from property rentals, be they holiday or long-term.
Tourism
Hoteliers demanding tighter control of private holiday accommodation
The federation has been making proposals to Barceló which go further than current constraints under the 2012 tourism law.
Royal silence and illegal rentals: the past week in Majorca
Princess Cristina didn't answer prosecution questions, Brexit and expats, trouble in the national parliament and holiday rentals: some of the themes of the week in the Majorca Daily Bulletin.
Tourism
Regulation on holiday rentals within six months
The proposal suggests that not only should the motion be brought before parliament but it should also be approved within this six-month time frame.
Tourism
Balearic parliament to tackle holiday rentals
Top of the agenda is the long-awaited movement on holiday rentals’ legislation. This, the government had suggested soon after taking office, would be priority legislation that would need to be effected before any legislation on the tourist tax.
Tourism
Hoteliers and government agree on holiday rentals
There are more than 126,000 residential tourism places in the Balearics which are not currently controlled.
Tourist tax
Tourist tax will not be paid by 70% of private tourist accommodation
“We cannot increase the number of inspectors, as this isn’t possible at the moment,” says tourism minister.
Crime
Five arrests in bogus holiday rentals’ scam, forty complaints
The National Police have acted following more than forty complaints in the Balearics, Alicante, Valencia, Las Palmas, among others.
Holiday rentals, shopping and some weather: the past week in The Bulletin
Christmas was coming early, work stopped, everyone was talking weather and there was other talk about holiday rentals. Another week in The Bulletin.
Tourism
Some clarity on the tourist tax, but not enough
Barceló wants everyone to work together. He’s got a hell of a job convincing them.
Tourist tax
Tourist tax: “It is a small price to pay for a better Majorca...”
“As I said earlier it is a small charge; (1.7 percent of the cost of a holiday), children will not pay and also it will not be charged on a daily basis so that long-stay tourists do not pay more.”
Tourism
Kindhearted British resident offers sisters his home for free
Sisters Emily and Daisy Wolton were yesterday still waiting for some response from the company which "ripped them off" over a holiday let in Palma. However, good news came from elsewhere.
Tourism
Barceló will impose standards for holiday apartment legalisation
Regional tourism minister, Vice-President Biel Barceló, has told hoteliers from Ibiza and Formentera that there will be no “massive” legalisation of private apartments for holiday rental.
Mallorca has highest holiday rental rate in Spain
In July, rural tourism prices rose by 10.7% in the Balearics, the highest increase in the country.