Taxes of Murcia may be paid through Bizum, Apple Pay and Google Pay from september

After successive extensions, the municipality allocates management service of tax 37 million and 4 years in the same company coming prestándolo

« You i Bizum and i'll pay you what you i ». This sentence, which expresses a course of action has become more than usual for friends, acquaintances and families, will be able to apply from now on the relationship, not so Close that maintains the neighbours of the municipality of Murcia the agency. Because Municipal Tax from september onwards shall enter into force on the new contract management service of taxation and included in its news this adaptation to new times.

Alongside this means of payment 'online', closely linked to mobile technology, it will also be possible to use Google Apple Pay and Pay. Well, now do the same thing will be paid to the 'smartphone' coffee that imprint of car. That will not be possible, at the moment, use these routes in the case of the voluntary payment of the sanctions that are managed by Local Police, as it was pointed out from the Council.

The contract for the collection and management of taxes was awarded finally this friday, by agreement of the board of local government, the commercial Territorial Tax Management SA costs 36.908.919 euros for a period of four years - approximately ecu 9 million per year, although, as a maximum contract, it will lower the cost of final-, which may be extended to one or more. It is the same company that had been offering the service from 2004 - after successive licitaciones-, as reported by municipal sources but on this occasion with named differently after the absorption of its subsidiary Tribugest.

This service was privatized by the PP at the beginning of the goals and since then the PSOE has criticised on several occasions this externalisation. Cs has also put the focus in recent legislatures on contracts. In fact, we must remember that this has been in recent months by Tribugest under “ exceptional two extensions, signed in march and another in november and 2021 due later this month of august. The reason for this delay was, specifically, the reluctance of his deputy, Mario Gomez, to give the green light to a schedule of clauses that did not agree. Finally, at the beginning of 2002 the mayor, José Antonio Serrano, avocó powers to enable Staff to continue the processing of solicitation.

The edil of economic management, Enrique Lorca, recognized this friday that its dna social democrat takes you to concentrate on the public, but, given the time available before the expiration of contract, the municipality did not have personal capacities and expertise to manage a remunicipalización '. However, noted that in the next four years' should be taking steps to that, if not all service, at least part, will again be managed by the Council ', and stressed that the work carried out by the workers of this company is still' Best '.

More facilities for the payment

"With this new contract was put more and better means to provide the maximum payment of taxes and fees, increasing the voluntary collection », apostillaba in relation to the improvements that will renew the service. It highlighted, for example, tools such as' the taxpayer's tax account ', which seeks to augment the domiciliaciones; subscriptions to electronic notifications; the extension of the channels of communication through the tax Chatbot, expansion of electronic means of payment; and the increase in the catalogue of telephone services.

Furthermore, the adjudicatario local shall provide and easily accessible in the municipality in the city centre - at least twice -, as in the towns of Beniaján, Cabezo de Torres, El Palmar and Puente Tocinos and three to be determined.

Source: La Truth (05.08.2022)