This Thursday, 2 June, a workshop was held on the tax on tourist stays, with the aim of presenting the economic effect of this tax figure, as well as generating debate around it.
The presentation conference started on Thursday 2 June at 9.00 a.m. in the Sánchez Ayuso Room of the Faculty of Economics (first floor). The opening was given by Francisco Muñoz Murgui, Dean of the Faculty of Economics; Rafael Beneyto Cabanes, General Director of Taxes and Gambling of the Valencian Government; and Amadeo Fuenmayor Fernández, Director of the Chair of Regional Taxation.
This was followed by a round table discussion with Marta Espasa Queralt, Secretary of Finance of the Catalan Government, Xisco Oliver Rullán, General Director of Finance of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Borja J. Sanjuán Roca, Councillor of Finance of the Valencia City Council and Papi Robles Galindo, spokesperson for Compromís political party in the Valencian Parliament.
The second part of the workshop consisted of three presentations. The first will be given by José María Durán Cabré, from the University of Barcelona, who addressed the review of the taxation of tourism activities. Xisco Oliver Rullán, from the University of the Balearic Islands, focused on the impact of the tourist tax on demand. The last paper, by Asensi Descalç i Tormo and José Ramón Ruiz Tamarit, from the Universitat de València, reflected on the application of the tourist tax.
Finally, Francesc Gamero i Lluna, Regional Secretary of Finance of the Valencian Government, was in charge of the closing ceremony of the workshop.
This meeting is part of the series of workshops organised by the Universitat de València, the Department of Applied Economics of the UV Faculty of Economics, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Model of the Valencia Government, the Chair of Regional Taxation and its research group EvalPub.
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