Average number of foreign citizens registered with Spanish Social Security system stands at 1,645,874 in September

The average number of foreign workers registered with the Social Security system stands at 1,645,874 in September, up 0.14% on the previous month (2,229 more workers).

The number of foreign workers contributing to the Social Security system has risen by 4.02% year-on-year, with 63,539 more workers than in 2014. This is the largest increase in foreign workers in a month of September since 2008.

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Prices fall 0.9% in September due to downward trends in liquid fuels and electricity

According to the data published by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (Spanish acronym: INE), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell by 0.9% year-on-year in September. This rate is five-tenths lower than last August and matches the figure announced by the INE at the end of last September. The downturn in inflation can be mainly explained by the sharp fall in energy prices, both liquid fuels and electricity.

The price of energy products recorded a year-on-year rate of -13.6% in September, compared with -9.8% the previous month. This decrease was caused by all components of the energy index. The year-on-year rate for solid and liquid fuels fell by 2.3 percentage points to -16.4%, particularly due to the falling cost of liquid fuels and, to a lesser degree, gas. Electricity posted a reduction of almost nine percentage points on August in its year-on-year rate, to stand at -6.3%.

Do not forget to fill up the Non Resident Tax before the end of the year.

A person who is non fiscal resident in Spain and is getting any kind of income in this country during the year has to be declaring and paying taxes for the incomes received. The most common case is a Non Resident person who owns a holiday house or property in Spain.

Regardless of whether or not the real-estate property is leased out, income from said property shall be subject to IRNR. However, the tax treatment varies depending on whether or not the property is leased.

Largest year-on-year fall in unemployment in a month of September since records began, with 353,608 fewer unemployed

In seasonally-adjusted terms, recorded unemployment fell by 9,746 in September. The monthy variation in easonally-adjusted unemployment figures has fallen in 27 of the last 29 months.

Recorded unemployment has fallen by 353,608 over the last 12 months, the largest reduction since current records began for the month of September. The year-on-year fall in unemployment stands at close on 8% (7.95%), a rate not seen in September since 1999.

Government eliminates double commission for withdrawal of cash from ATMs belonging to another financial institution

The Council of Ministers regulated, though a Royal Decree on financial issues that will come into force on Saturday, commissions on withdrawing cash from ATMs from a financial institutional other than the issuer of the debit or credit card.

The Vice-President of the Government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, pointed out that the measure responds to the social concern generated in recent weeks over the possibility that financial institutions will charge a double commission on the withdrawal of cash.