The Banking Association and CECA appeal to the National Court the tax on banks

The Spanish Banking Association (AEB) and the Spanish Confederation of Savings Banks (CECA)

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They have done it before the National Court, and are based on the opinion in which the European Central Bank (ECB) warned of the "counterproductive" consequences that the new figure will have on credit, the economy and even for the users who would be ultimately responsible for paying it.

The appeal falls directly on the ministerial order, and the employers expect

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And if it does so in your favor, the Treasury would have to modify that ministerial order that, among other things, states that the tax falls on income, a point that has been repeatedly criticized by the entities.

What the banks have not done is request the precautionary suspension of the tax, which could have meant the temporary suspension of payment of the tax.

That is,

regardless of what the Court later says.

In fact, the term for the first tax settlement began this month, although it did so with some delay due to problems in the process of processing and creating the figure.

The Government expects to raise a total of 3,000 million euros in two years, which is the period for which it will initially be in force, and along with this figure, the tax on electricity companies was also created, which has been equally controversial.

In addition to the points already mentioned, prosecutors have also warned that the new tax runs a serious risk of being unconstitutional.

Because "

", as the experts gathered by the Institute of Economic Studies (IEE) pointed out, and it can even become

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Multiple tax battles

The banking entities, therefore, have initiated a fiscal battle against the Government, to which the energy companies will also most likely join and in which the communities governed by the PP were already present.

In the latter case, the reason is the tax on the rich, which neutralizes the reductions of the popular regions in Heritage and that the Government also framed in the exceptional measures in response to the crisis derived from the war in Ukraine.

Madrid and Andalusia have presented their

, since they consider that the temporary tax of Solidarity for Great Fortunes limits the fiscal capacity that the Constitution grants to the regions.

In addition, they maintain that it is a covert harmonization, something that in reality is not so 'covert' because the Government recognizes it in the Official State Gazette (BOE) itself.

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