G5 tax - Spain

[Aquarelaskip]

Hi,

We keep our SO44i in southern Spain and spend about 6 weeks a year on board. We were happy with our marina but the cost has increased by around 10% two years on the bounce so we’re looking to move. We’ve found a cheaper alternative in Torrevieja but because it’s within a different autonamous region the G5 tax is levied.

I think the tax is based on yacht volume but I can’t find any up to date information about the calculation used. There’s plenty about matriculation tax but that doesn’t affect us as we’re in Spain for less than 183 days during the calendar year. 

Has anyone had any experience with this or know where to look?

Cheers

Jon

[vasko]

We spent sometime in Alicante , but never paid anything on top of the marina fee ....

[blade]

We keep our boat - a SO36i - in Calpe marina all year round and we are charged a daily rate of 1.72 Euros plus IVA for the G5 tax.

[alenka]

This from Noonsite.

The G-5 Tax is a tax on pleasure craft using ports, coastal installations or moorings. It is intended to provide funds for the maintenance and improvement of such installations. In effect it is a harbour tax charged by the Province and applicable to all pleasure vessels, although few skippers appear to be aware of its existence.

Yachts have reported being charged G-5 in Valencia Province, on the Costa del Sol, and in the Canaries. It is not levied everywhere however and exactly where tends to change year on year. For boats with permanent berths in a province that charges the tax, it tends to be levied twice a year, March 1 and September 1, and is payable in advance. If you make arrangements to pay by standing order there is a discount of 20%. The G5 tax varies depending on the size of your boat, however a 44 foot yacht will look at paying around 600 Euros a year.

Many visiting cruisers believe that if they stay for a long period of time in Spain with their boat, they are liable to pay Spanish Wealth Tax. Wealth Tax was abolished in Spain on 1st January 2009, then re-introduced on a temporary basis for the years 2012 and 2013. For tax years 2014 onwards, it has been effectively abolished once more.

Also note that paid VAT (IVA in Spain) status is important and might be checked by the Customs

[Aquarelaskip]

Thanks everyone.


We moved Aquarela to Marina Salinas Torrevieja on Saturday. We paid the G5 tax via the marina office.  It is charged at 6 monthly intervals during the calendar year so we had to pay up till 31st December 2018 and will then have to make two payments in 2019 (1st Jan/1st June). 


Didn't have time to go through the ins and outs of how it is calculated as we were delayed getting in. However, it worked out at around Euro 111 inc VAT for the 38 days till the end of the year (approx 2.92 per day), so about Euro 1100 for the year. 

The G5 is a slightly bitter pill to swallow as it is not enforced everywhere. We didn't have to pay in San Pedro which is just 10 NM down the coast. However, we've cut our annual marina fee by Euro 2300 by moving to a sub-let private berth instead of going direct. Swings and roundabouts I guess  .

Worth noting that it is important to keep proof of payment on board.  If you leave your home marina and enter another marina in a G5 paying area you could be charged twice without it. 


Saludos

Jon 

[alenka]

Does anyone know if Duquesa or Estopona charge G5 in the harbour/marina?