Unemployment falls by 344,900 people in the last year

According to the estimates contained in the Active Employment Survey (Spanish acronym: EPA), drafted by the National Institute of Statistics (Spanish acronym: INE), employment fell by 184,600 people in the first quarter of 2014 on the previous quarter, compared with a fall of 309,200 people in the same period of 2013. This is the lowest decline in the first quarter of the year since 2008. 79,600 jobs have been shed in the last year (-0.5%). In turn, unemployment has posted a fall of 2,300 people, while it increased by 257,200 in the same period of 2013. In the last year, unemployment has fallen by 344,900 people, the largest annual fall since mid-2005. The total number of people out of work stands at 5,933,300, an increase in the unemployment rate of two tenths of a point to 25.9%, one percentage point less than a year ago.

ARE YOU REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE 2013 ANNUAL INCOME TAX?

 

Are you resident in Spain? So then you are only not required to fill up the 2013 Resident Tax if you are the following kind of contributor:

Income tax 2013: Main changes

The annual income tax campaign is starting and you have time to submit your tax form until the end of June. By the moment we want to check some of the main changes for this year.