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Inheriting a home in El Masnou: plusvalía, deadlines and relief

What the El Masnou council charges when you inherit a home, the deadlines that run from the death and how long you have to keep it.

In El Masnou, the council cuts the plusvalía on an inheritance by up to 95% and you have to keep the home 2 years. The plusvalía rate is 30% (Ministry of Finance, 2026) and you have 6 months from the death to declare it, up to a year if you ask for an extension.

What its bylaw says
El Masnou95%
Who
Children and adopted children, spouse, parents and adoptive parents (first degree)
Condition
The deceased's main home (the registered address; it still counts if the registration ended for health reasons). A storage room and up to two parking spaces in the same building count too.
Keep it 2 years
If it is sold within 2 years of the death, the council charges the full tax and what was paid counts towards it.
How to apply
With supporting documents, within the ordinance's filing deadlines.

Plusvalía rate 30% · Source: Ordenança fiscal núm. 6 de l'IIVTNU, bonificacions — Ajuntament del Masnou (ordenances fiscals 2025) · read 26 September 2026

The deadlines that run

WhatDeadlineLaw
Inheritance tax6 months from the death; 6-month extension if requested within the first 5Real Decreto 1629/1991, Reglamento del Impuesto sobre Sucesiones y Donaciones, arts. 67 y 68 · read 25 September 2026
Plusvalía (council land-value tax)6 months from the death; up to 1 year with an extensionReal Decreto Legislativo 2/2004, texto refundido de la Ley reguladora de las Haciendas Locales, art. 110.2 · read 25 September 2026
Keeping the home, inheritance tax5 yearsDecreto Legislativo 1/2024, libro sexto del Código tributario de Catalunya, arts. 631-17 a 631-19 · read 25 September 2026

Other towns in the comarca

TownPlusvalía rateRelief read, up to
Alella30%Bylaw not read
Arenys de Mar30%Bylaw not read
Arenys de Munt30%Bylaw not read
Argentona30%Bylaw not read
Cabrera de Mar30%Bylaw not read
Cabrils30%Bylaw not read
Caldes d'Estrac30%Bylaw not read
Calella25%Bylaw not read

Keep going

Sources and dates

Ministry of Finance, municipal tax information (IIVTNU), 2026; read on 11 Oct 2026.

This sets out the deadlines and rules; it doesn't replace whoever is handling the estate. A gestor, a lawyer or the notary will confirm each case.

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