Tourist tax
Hoteliers take the tourist tax to court
The hoteliers are challenging the tourist tax, but they didn't get very far when they did so with the old ecotax
Palma17/09/2016 00:00
The Majorca Hoteliers Federation has lodged an appeal for judicial review of the tourist tax. This was presented to the Balearic High Court on Friday and it cites the law for the sustainable tourism tax, the legal framework for what is referred to as the tourist tax or ecotax.
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As a regular visitor to the island I don't mind paying after seeing all the idiots on the beach using the showers to wash their inflatables or let their children keep turning them on to make dams in the sand.Also the beach showers should be turned off at say 20-00 pm. This tax will not stop people visiting but the authorities should wake up and help themselves
Where did you read that they weren't going to pay it ?
By not paying the tax collected ; Is this a delaying tactic by the Hoteliers Federation?. By lodging appeals etc. , means they retain the tax monies, in their Bank Accounts. Which I assume will be interest bearing accounts !.
So not such a success as has been lauded here then it transpires. Are we all supposed to be stupid ?The Ecotasa is an unmitigated disaster of course, and will cost the island dearly. Any gains made, apart from them being pilfered and mis-spent will be far less than the losses we can expect next s3ason.