Lighthouse Tax Malaga

[starfire]

Collected at €9.12 per square metre. Plus if course another tax, IVA at 21%

Bills appearing for the bigger boats first.

Retrospective bills for 2017, followed shortly by 2018.

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The Port Authority of Malaga has informed us that we must collect the receipt of the T-0 Rate of Aid for Navigation with retroactive character since 2017.

I enclose in this email the information from the Puerto Deportivo de Benalmadena, the delivery note and the Royal Decree and law by the Port Authority.

This rate is annual so in a few days we will pass the one corresponding to the year 2018.

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Will the last boat to.leave Spain please turn off the lights.

Anywhere else in Spain collecting this? I seem to remember the Canaries doing this some years ago but don't know what happened.

 

[duncan99210]

I seem to recall when we were in Spain seeing a one off tax like this appear in the marina charges. We were told by the marina (Port Vell, Barcelona) that we should make sure we keep the receipt to show to subsequent marinas so we wouldn't have to pay the charge again that year.

 

[Yngmar]

It's collected everywhere we've been, in Atlantic and Mediterranean Spain, both T0 ("lighthouse dues") and T5 (recreational vessels tax) as part of the marina bill (ok, some of the smaller places in the Rias that worked their bill out by pocket calculator may not have done it). It usually appears as a daily rate based on square meters boat size on the marina bill, typically around €1.20 or so for our boat. It's not big deal if you're passing through, and the Portuguese had something similar.

Looks like your marina had neglected to collect this so far and is now catching up. Sounds like you're permanently berthed there, so you're being charged annually. There's a discount for that. For details, see http://www.noonsite.com/Countries/S...ng-cruisers-in-the-canaries-revised-for-2015/ (applies to all of Spain, including the Canaries).

 

[jrudge]

Yes in Mallorca also.