Municipal taxation –
Orbe will not tax owners more
The Municipality was considering increasing its property tax. The municipal council did not want to hear about it.
Published today at 8:30 a.m.
The elected officials of Orbe decided to spare the owners.
FLORIAN CELLA / 24 hours
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In December, the Orbe Municipal Council will consider the budget for the coming year. Last Thursday, the union member, Mary-Claude Chevalier, announced the color: the exercise will be quite perilous, marked by equalizing charges amounting to 2 million francs. “The Municipality worked closely with department heads to reduce costs.”
In this climate which calls for caution, the Executive was counting on a revision of its tax decree for the next two years and, more precisely, on an increase from 1‰ to 1.25‰. The result is an annual gain estimated at 400,000 francs per year.
Left-right match
The proposal divided even within the Finance Commission, with a majority calling for it to be rejected, while minority members argued for yes. In the ranks of the Council, this increase signaled the start of a left-right match. “How will our Municipality catch up on investment without additional resources? I am one of the privileged people who will pay, but I accept to support our Commune,” Agnès Pache reacted straight away.
The socialist's argument raised eyebrows among the elected representative of Free Union, Thierry Rolli. “We have the impression that in Switzerland, the owners are wealthy. In many cases, these are people who have saved a good part of their life to buy a property. They were taxed on wealth, on rental value, via property tax…” For the left, Orbe is lenient in terms of property tax: according to calculations by the Directorate of Municipal Finances within the General Directorate of institutional and municipal affairs, the average land rate is 1.2‰ in the canton. For the right, a yes would have pushed the City of Two Fishes to the top of the table. In the end, a small majority of the Council preferred the status quo.
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David Genillard has been a journalist in the Vaud & Régions section since 2007. Based in Yverdon since 2023, he mainly covers news from Northern Vaud. In 2021, he also participated in the launch of the weekly Riviera-Chablais Votre Région, a 24-hour partner.More info
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