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Urban property tax (IBI). Counties and Aran, and areas

Urban property tax (IBI). Counties and Aran, and areas Catalonia
Number of receipts Tax Base (Thousands of euros) Integral quota (euros) Tax Base/ Receipt (euros) Integra quota/ Receipt (euros)
2022 (p) 5,932,460 417,417,594 2,949,541,363 70,362 497
2021 5,890,771 416,299,657 2,948,898,574 70,670 501
2020 5,855,886 415,685,829 2,866,552,373 70,986 490
2019 5,838,319 405,846,773 2,851,268,668 69,514 488
2018 5,785,884 405,925,262 2,801,432,964 70,158 484
2017 5,817,941 379,951,465 2,773,555,965 65,307 477
2016 5,805,013 382,718,492 2,813,251,239 65,929 485
2015 5,827,017 384,623,154 2,836,609,245 66,007 487
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Dirección General del Catastro.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: June 28, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Property tax (IBI)
Direct tax of real character that is applied to the value of property on the terms that the recast text of the Law of the Real Estate Cadastre (TRLCI) establishes. The management of this tax is a competence of the town councils with the support of the state administration, especially in the towns with scarce resources. The Royal Legislative Decree 1/2004, of 5 March, by which the recast text of the Law of the Real Estate Cadastre (TRLCI) is approved, classifies the property in urban, rustic and of special characteristics.

Methodological aspects

The taxable base is formed by the cadastral value of the property that is determined, is notified and is susceptible of contestation according to what the rules regulatory of the real estate cadastre order.

The charge rate is the result of applying a reduction to the taxable base, which is calculated according to what articles 67 to 70 of the TRLCI establish.

The integral quota is the result of applying the charge rate to the tax base that the article 72 of the TRLCI refers to.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".