The City of Caravaca de la Cruz adopted at the plenary session held last night the General Budget for the year 2013 with the votes of the council of the government team.
The budget, balancing income and expenses amounted to 21.7 million euros, representing an increase of 3.6% over the previous year.
Responsible for the areas of Finance in the Consistory caravaqueño, Pedro Vilches, stressed today during a press conference that this is a balanced budget, which strictly complies with the Adjustment Plan and is a result of a major effort part of the various councils to meet the needs applying the principle of austerity.
The mayor of Finance wanted to thank the work done by the financial and economic area of ​​the City, which has allowed the budget was drafted and adopted before the entry of the new year.
On the revenue side, the actual increase is more relevant for direct taxes, which rise by 10.51%, the result of the revaluation valuation in IBI.
On the expenditure side, there is an increase of 50% in investments and 32% in financial expenses.
The chapters on Personal and current expenditure remained virtually the same, with a rise of 1.35% and 2.81, respectively.
Also decreases by 14% the chapter on depreciation.
The financial burden, ie the amounts that the City used in payment of principal and interest on its debt is 14.9% of the total intended to.
In the General Budget for 2013 has undertaken a reorganization of the budget, with the introduction of the organic classification, resulting in better control of spending by the departments.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz