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Spanish taxes in Orihuela Costa
Modelo 210, IBI bonifications, ITP and ISD for property owners in Orihuela Costa — handled by a licensed colegiado who lives the Costa Blanca.
What property owners in Orihuela Costa need to know
Orihuela Costa — covering Playa Flamenca, Cabo Roig, Campoamor and Villamartín — runs the highest foreign-buyer ratio in the entire province of Alicante (~87 %, 2024 data). Despite the "Costa" name, Orihuela Costa is fiscally part of Orihuela municipio inland: the IBI ordenanza, plusvalía municipal and ITP authority all answer to the Orihuela town hall, not Torrevieja. This distinction trips up many newly-arrived British, Dutch and Belgian owners.
Top services for Orihuela Costa
Regional tax framework
- ITP general rate
- 10%
- ITP reduced rate (vivienda habitual)
- 8%
- AJD (stamp duty)
- 1,5%
- ISD bonification grupo I/II
- 50%
- Autonomic law reference
- Ley 13/1997 CV
These rates reflect the autonomic (CCAA) framework in force at the time of writing. Municipal IBI rates and bonifications are set separately by each ayuntamiento and we confirm the current figures from the latest ordenanza fiscal before any filing.
Specific questions about Orihuela Costa
- Is Orihuela Costa a separate municipality for tax purposes?
- No. Orihuela Costa is administratively part of Orihuela municipio (the inland town). All municipal taxes — IBI, plusvalía municipal, vado licences — are settled with the Orihuela town hall ordenanza fiscal, not Torrevieja. The cadastral references for Orihuela Costa urbanisations all start with the Orihuela INE code 03099.
- My urbanisation charges a fee — can I deduct it from rental income?
- For EU/EEA residents filing modelo 210 on rental income (19 % rate), community fees (cuotas comunidad) charged by the urbanisation are deductible as expenses incurred in earning the rental income. We itemise each cuota for the quarter when filing.
- Brexit + Orihuela Costa: what changed for British owners?
- UK residents post-Brexit retain access to the 19 % EU rate and expenses deduction on modelo 210 rental income — this was confirmed via the UK-Spain bilateral framework on effective information exchange. The change that did stick is fiscal-representative recommendation: AEAT can only notify a Spanish address, so we provide that role for every Orihuela Costa client.
Recent regulatory changes
The Orihuela town hall consolidated its IBI ordenanza in 2018 (the version in our KB) with successive annual updates published in BOP Alicante. The plusvalía municipal regime was rewritten nationally after the 2021 Constitutional Court ruling — Orihuela now uses the optional valor real method when more favourable to the taxpayer.