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Road tax can cost double depending on the municipality where a vehicle is registered
Francisco Jiménez
How is it possible for a small village with barely 513 inhabitants, like Macharaviaya, to be the 'home' of 5,000 vehicles? And how has the number in Montejaque multiplied fivefold in recent years to 16,000, when only 1,000 people live there? The ... In Malaga province, only 31 of the 103 municipalities apply the minimum rate, and they are all small villages. The majority of larger places take advantage of the flexibility and charge the maximum. The only exceptions among those with the largest ... Estepona (51, 679 compared with 30,771). Cortes de la Frontera is also interesting, as it is the only municipality to charge the maximum rate for IVTM (68.14 and 143.88 euros). This is because it had to approve the increase in 2017 in order to access a