44 TERRITORIES AGREE THE AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE FOR TAX INFORMATION IN 2017

In a new movement against tax fraud in 2017 it will be adopted for the first time together a specific calendar for the exchange of fiscal and financial information being valid for accounts opened in 2015 on.

Military authorization for Non EU citizens purchasing a house

In Spain there is a  regulation of areas and facilities of interest to National Defense, which develops the Law 8 /1975, and  states that to safeguard the interests of national defense , it is desirable to establish certain limitations restricting access to the property for non European Union citizens, (foreign natural or legal persons like companies)- and also Spanish companies when they attend certain characteristics.

USE OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO SET UP YOUR OWN BUSINESS

If you do not find a job, you are perciving unemployment benefit and have an entrepreneurial attitude perhaps you may be interested in knowing that you can use your unemployment benefits to start your own business. You can get in a single payment (“capitalización del desempleo”) all or part of the outstanding amount of perceiving.

The motherhood benefit

Today we will learn with a little detail about the economic benefit of motherhood. It is a benefit  that compensates for the loss of income suffered by workers when they interrupt their work for the period of maternity rest. Is not only limited to motherhood, but also applies to adoption, foster care and guardianship.

March is the deadline to submit the declaration of assets abroad

Last year the government approved the 720 model, an informative declaration about assets abroad. We recall that this model must be submitted by the taxpayers (whether they are individuals, corporations, permanent establishments and joint ownership companies) living in Spain who own properties or assets abroad by at least EUR 50,000 value taken individually (click here to check our previous post about the report of assets abroad))

Jobless claims fall on monthly basis for first time since 2007

The Spanish economy is finally beginning to create jobs, albeit at a very slow pace, the Labor Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. The number of Social Security contributors grew 0.38 percent year-on-year in February, meaning that for the first time since the beginning of the crisis in 2008 there are more workers in the system than there were a year ago; specifically, 61,557 more. Month-to-month growth was 0.24 percent from January.

REDUCED SOCIAL SECURITY COSTS FOR PERMANENT CONTRACTS

On March 1 the government made ​​official the entry into force of the measure announced last week in the debate of the state of the nation with the aim of encouraging the hiring of workers, consisting in reducing the Social Security payments for non-work-related injuries or illnesses (common contingencies), for all companies that make permanent contracts .

Work in family

When starting a new business we try to cut costs the maximum that we can while we seek to surround ourselves with people we can rely on so usually the family are the first in which we think to work with us .

It is quite common that our customers ask us if their wife, husband or children can help them in their business, if they have to pay the social security being a family member and in its case if they can hire the family member under a work contract or they should be registered as self-employed.

Rajoy unveils tax break plan for workers and their employers

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday announced initiatives to create jobs and tax relief for workers and employers by lowering social security contributions for companies that take more people on to their payrolls.

The Popular Party (PP) leader also said workers earning less than 12,000 euros won’t have to pay income tax. Forty minutes into his opening address in the State of the Nation debate in Congress, Rajoy focused on government estimates that show that the economy will grow 1.0 percent this year and 1.5 percent in 2015.