The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus draws a horizon of stagnation in salary increases in Spain and a greater distance in remuneration between managers and employees base. The pandemic also opens the door to a dual economy, with an extreme impact on some sectors (services, commerce or tourism) and good results for other types […]
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The vaccination passport does not convince an EU that asks to limit non-essential travel to the maximum
There are two ways to tell. The short and simplified summary is that the heads of State and Government of the 27 have seen each other today by teleconference with two problems on the table: the general coordination against Covid and the idea of ​​establishing a vaccination passport to try to save the next tourist […]
The government’s Google tax already reaches customers: Amazon communicates in writing to its SMEs that it will pass it on
Amazon has begun warning suppliers and manufacturers that it will charge the government-approved 3% rate. This Tax on Certain Digital Services, known as Google, came into force on January 16, 2021 after the law was approved by the Senate in October of last year with 134 votes in favor, 101 against and 28 abstentions. As […]
France speeds up procedures to evict squatters from homes
The French Government has formalized this Friday a procedure that accelerates the squatter evictions of all types of housing, including second homes, to combat these practices and reinforce the rights of homeowners. The Ministers of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, Justice, Ã??ric Dupond-Moretti, and Housing, Emmanuelle Wargon, indicated in a statement that they have sent an […]
The new setback of the Government to the self-employed: they cannot deduct the expenses of supplies from their home for teleworking
The General Directorate of Taxes has responded negatively to the binding query of a self-employed worker in which she asked if she could deduct the additional expenses derived from supplies such as electricity or internet connection when she was forced to work from home due to the pandemic. This question, they explain in their answer, […]
The coronavirus further separates the two salary Spain: services sink and technology sectors fly
Spain is moving towards an economy and a labor market at two speeds. The crisis caused by the coronavirus has widened the differences between the sectors that suffer the most from the consequences of the pandemic and those others that have not only been able to overcome adversity, but have also improved their future prospects. […]
The tourism sector uses the United Kingdom as an example and offers its network and hotels to accelerate vaccination
The tourism sector, which before the pandemic was the economic engine of Spain and is now one of the hardest hit by the health crisis, demands that the Government accelerate the vaccination process so that 70% of the population before the summer I have already been vaccinated and offers its entire network -hotels, travel agencies, […]
Bankinter halts provisions in the last straight of the year and warns: “Mergers bring joy in the short term, but not so much in the long term”
Bankinter won 317 million euros in 2020, 62% less, weighed down by the provisions made to cover the deterioration of its balance caused by the coronavirus. The group improved its credit activity driven by the guarantee programs launched by the ICO for companies with liquidity problems. Despite this improvement, provisions of 649 million made both […]
Lagarde reiterates the ECB’s monetary support in the face of the Eurozone relapse due to the second wave of Covid
The European Central Bank (ECB) has again made clear its unconditional support for the European economy at a time when forecasts once again indicate a slowdown in the recovery as a result of the second wave of coronavirus. The increase in contagions and the restrictions to deal with it make the entity foresee a […]
The sale of homes takes air at the end of the year and rises 1.9% after eight months of falls
The sale of homes rose 1.9% in the month of November compared to the same period in 2019 after registering 39,653 operations, its highest figure since last February, according to the data published this Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Operations took the air in the final stretch of 2020 after eight months […]
