The Government ends the outsourcing of tax collection and reforms the Tax Agency

The Balearic Government is taking advantage of the amendments to the decree-law on strategic projects to carry out a profound reform of the Balearic Islands Tax Agency (ATIB), with the aim of regaining direct control over its management, especially in tax collection, which for years has been partially in the hands of a company owned by Gabriel Alzamora. The service provider has retired, and this situation has forced a series of reassessments that the Government is addressing with a structural change to the ATIB. The argument that motivated the partial outsourcing of the service was to increase the efficiency of tax collection, an objective that all governments have defended in the face of criticism of the model. Since the beginning of the 2010s, this partially outsourced management has been the subject of political and social controversy. Some sectors believed the winning company was reaping significant profits, while citizens and institutions identified shortcomings in efficiency, coordination, and transparency in tax collection, particularly in enforcement proceedings and appeals. The situation has changed, and the Executive has been preparing this operation for months. With the amendments presented by the Popular Party's parliamentary group, the Government proposes to directly manage the collection of taxes and other revenues for the Autonomous Community, the Health Service, and other dependent public entities and bodies, eliminating reliance on external managers and ensuring that management is entirely public. New organization

The reform also establishes a clearer and more functional organization for the ATIB, with departments and areas organized by subject matter, as well as central services and island delegations in Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera to improve coordination, streamline processes, and allow each office to work efficiently within its territory. The collection area now assumes the functions related to the voluntary and enforced collection of regional and state taxes, the administrative review resulting from these actions, the management of taxes from other administrations delegated to the Balearic Islands, and the monitoring of insolvency proceedings affecting credits managed by the ATIB; all of this is coordinated with the regional legal department and under the supervision of the ATIB director. The amendment also allows the ATIB to accept powers delegated by municipalities and other local entities regarding the collection, assessment, inspection, and management of taxes and revenues through agreements.