{"id":100688,"date":"2026-03-03T08:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=100688"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:38:16","slug":"ibi-waste-tax-fixed-property-costs-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/ibi-waste-tax-fixed-property-costs-spain\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"IBI and the waste collection tax: the fixed costs you will have as a property owner in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

When buying a property<\/a>, we don\u2019t just take on the purchase price or the mortgage. Being a homeowner means facing a series of fixed annual and recurring expenses<\/strong> that are part of maintaining the property. Among the most important are the Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles (IBI)<\/strong> and the waste collection tax<\/strong>, two mandatory municipal taxes.<\/p>\n

In addition, there are other recurring costs such as community fees or potential special assessments. At Fotocasa, we review what each one is, how much is paid, what determines the amount and what happens if they are not paid.<\/p>\n

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How much does it cost to buy a house in Spain? [2026]<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n

What is IBI and how much is paid in Spain?<\/h2>\n

The Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles (IBI) is a municipal tax<\/strong> that must be paid by all property owners in Spain. It is managed by the local council (ayuntamiento) of the municipality where the property is located.<\/p>\n

IBI is paid once a year<\/strong>, and the amount mainly depends on two factors:<\/p>\n

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    The cadastral value (valor catastral) <\/strong>of the property.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The tax rate<\/strong> applied by each local council.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":100694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13692,13548,14176,13535,14177,14178,13552,13551,13549,14179,14192,13536,13550,13547,14180,14191],"class_list":["post-100688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-calculo-impuesto-municipal","tag-compraventa","tag-gastos-adicionales-de-la-vivienda","tag-hipoteca","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-ibi","tag-ibi-and-waste-collection-tax","tag-impuestos-al-comprar-casa","tag-live-in-spain","tag-real-estate-market","tag-tasa-de-basuras","tag-waste-collection-tax"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}