Balearic food bills: party wants VAT off goods transport
2,830 euros a month to live decently in Spain’s Balearic Islands: Ara Més-Front Ampli wants to remove value added tax (VAT) from goods transport to help bring down food bills. Congress candidate Carme Gomila made the call on 12 November 2026, citing a study by the CCOO trade union for that monthly figure. The study also found that 40 per cent of workers struggle to make ends meet.
Gomila says most products reach the islands by sea, adding transport costs to prices already strained by rising food bills. Her party says housing takes up a growing share of family income. It wants the VAT cut to apply particularly to the transport of food and other essentials.
But Gomila says removing the tax would not be enough on its own. She wants rules to ensure companies pass the savings on to shoppers rather than keep them as extra profit. The proposal is part of her party’s wider call for a reduced VAT rate for the Balearic Islands. Gomila says she will take the demand to Spain’s Congress.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com