This admission follows a question posed by the PSOE spokesperson, Patricia Hernández, for the Control Commission. The number of incorrect notifications exceeds 60,000, affecting more than half of the taxpayers liable for this tax.
The first voluntary payment period for municipal taxes in the Tenerife capital began on May 20 and will conclude on July 22. Initially, the collection of the garbage tax had been postponed to the second period (September 15 to November 23), which is intended for businesses.
The reason for the postponement was an average 50% increase in the garbage tax, a measure mandated by the Spanish Government, according to the local corporation.
However, during May, the Treasury department began sending notifications with payment deadlines of July 6 and later August 20. The City Council initially assured that the letters were correct and allowed for voluntary early payment.
Weeks later, the City Council acknowledged an "IT incident," which led to the suspension of notification dispatches by the Treasury department, headed by nationalist councilor José Alberto Díaz-Estébanez.
