This amount places the Gran Canarian capital as the ninth municipality with the highest levy in the country, according to data from the comparator tasadebasura.es. Only cities like Girona (263.68 euros), Donostia (194 euros), or Córdoba (185.98 euros) show higher figures. Other sources, such as reports from the Waste Taxation Observatory and the Consumers' Organization, agree in pointing out that, among the ten most populated cities, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has the third most expensive levy, only behind Murcia and Palma de Mallorca.
The Spanish average for this tax ranges between 113.87 and 116.32 euros, highlighting a significant disparity in calculation criteria among municipalities. The TSJC annulled the tax in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for failing to adequately justify the real cost of the service or the distribution criteria among taxpayers, violating principles of equality and proportionality.
The judicial ruling, similar to that in Madrid, where it was also annulled, questioned the economic-technical report that supported the amount. In the Gran Canarian capital, the tax comprised a fixed amount per property (108.45 euros) and a waste generation fee, calculated based on external reports that the court deemed unrepresentative of the Canarian reality. In contrast, the Madrid tax linked the generation fee to kilograms per person per neighborhood and the basic fee to the cadastral value.
Other cities such as Valencia, Barcelona, or Zaragoza have linked the levy to water consumption, while Seville relates it to the sanitation bill. Málaga, Madrid, and Alicante have used the cadastral value as a reference, combined with other factors. Palma de Mallorca and Murcia opt for a fixed fee.
The spokesperson for Coalición Canaria (CC) in the City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, David Suárez, demanded transparency from the mayor Carolina Darias following the TSJC ruling, calling it a "setback of enormous significance." Suárez criticized that the tax "did not sufficiently explain" why it was priced as it was and warned of a "cascade of claims" from citizens and companies.
CC calls on the council to report whether it will appeal the ruling, if it will continue collecting the levies, and what will happen to the receipts already paid. Suárez recalled that his party voted against the tax for considering it "unfair, poorly explained, and disconnected from the real environmental behavior of each citizen," and requested a "legal, tax, and budgetary roadmap" from the mayor.
