Sagunto keeps its 2027 IBI property tax at the 0.40% legal minimum for a third year
Sagunto will keep its urban IBI property tax rate at 0.40% in 2027, the legal minimum, making three years in a row at that level, the council says.
For anyone who owns a home in Sagunto, the news comes down to one figure: in 2027 the urban IBI rate (Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, the annual municipal property tax) will stay at 0.40%. The yearly bill comes from multiplying that percentage by the property's cadastral value, so a flat with a cadastral value of €50,000 will pay €200 at this rate, compared with the €215 that the 0.43% in force until 2024 would have meant (an example calculated by this newsroom, without discounts or other items on the bill).
The council presents the decision as the third time in a row that the tax sits at its legal floor, after 2025 and 2026. According to the Ministry of Finance, the general legal range for urban property runs from 0.40% to 1.10%, so Sagunto stays 0.70 points below the ceiling.
The story began in 2025, when the rate fell from 0.43% to 0.40%. The council calculates that it gave up about €910,000 a year in revenue to ease the burden on families. The tax ordinance now in force already contains that 0.40%, so 2027 does not require a new cut, only leaving the previous one in place. As valenciaplaza.com reported in September 2024, the announcement of lowering the urban property tax to 0.4%, the lowest rate the law allows, was linked at the time to the update of waste fees, frozen since 2017, as explained by finance councillor Toni Iborra. In other words, the IBI cut was presented together with the review of the rubbish fee, not on its own.
The council compares its rate with 2026 rates in other municipalities of the Camp de Morvedre district: Gilet applies 0.52%, Faura 0.57%, Canet d'en Berenguer 0.60%, Quartell 0.70% and Estivella 0.78%. For the same flat with a cadastral value of €50,000, the bill would be €260, €285, €300, €350 and €390 respectively, against €200 in Sagunto.
Among Valencian cities of similar size, Paterna applies 0.48% this year (€240 in the same example), Torrent 0.49% (€245), Castelló de la Plana 0.6362% (about €318) and Gandia 0.94% (€470). The municipalities were chosen by the council itself, and only general urban rates are compared.
Toni Iborra argues that keeping the rate at the minimum is not simply a freeze, because it is the lowest level the council can legally set. In his view, the comparison with the district and with cities of similar size shows a restrained tax policy, and the governing team wants the growth of the city and better services not to automatically mean a heavier tax burden for families. This is the councillor's position as set out in the municipal statement; the sources consulted do not include the views of other groups.
Iborra ties this policy to the state of the accounts. According to the council, 2025 closed with a surplus of €5.42 million, a treasury surplus of €5.17 million and a positive net saving of €4.9 million, and it is the fourth year in a row of stable municipal accounts. Debt equals 28.78% of current revenue, a little under €29 for every €100 the council takes in, and is well below the legal limit. The councillor holds that this solvency allows low taxation and that every municipal euro should be managed rigorously before asking residents for an extra effort.
The municipal note announces that the rate will be kept, but gives no further procedure or timetable.
According to the Sagunto council, elperiodic.com and El Periódico de Aquí. Complementary data: valenciaplaza.com.