The Ministry of Finance agrees to withdraw the last remaining reinforced control over the expenses of the Generalitat de Catalunya to prevent them from financing illegal operations against the State. Ministry sources confirmed to this newspaper that the intention is to lift the control established by the previous owner, Cristobal Montoro, in 2015 and […]
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Isabel DÃaz Ayuso accuses Pedro Sánchez from Catalonia of “confronting territories” with fiscal harmonization
Pedro Sanchez encourages “territorial confrontation” by endorsing the upward harmonization of regional taxes promoted by his preferred partner, ERC. Isabel DÃaz Ayuso has landed in Catalonia brandishing this complaint against the president of the government, whom he has accused of assuming as his own “the unjust and pernicious message that Madrid it is a tax […]
The Government leaves hygienic masks out of the VAT reduction, despite having promoted their use
The announced reduction in VAT from 21% to 4% on masks announced by the Government it will be applied only to the surgical ones, and not to the hygienic ones, which, in fact, are the most used, those that the government itself has recommended for healthy people and those that are marketed by the large […]
The Catalan Government rectifies and will allow concert halls to open from next Monday
The management of the Generalitat de Catalunya In the de-escalation of the restrictions to stop the contagion of coronavirus, a new controversial chapter has lived today. The Government has assured this afternoon that concert halls will open next Monday (with a capacity of 50% and a maximum of 500 people), as announced last Thursday, despite […]
The Government’s rescue of SMEs and the self-employed: more time to request and return ICO credits
The Third Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calvià ± o, said this Saturday that the Government is working to approve in the Council of Ministers next Tuesday measures that improve the solvency of companies, such as extensions of the grace period and amortization of the guarantees of the Official […]
Calviño hopes that the EU will resolve “in weeks” the veto of Poland and Hungary due to the urgency of the arrival of funds to Spain
“We hope that this situation will be resolved because it is urgent that the multi-year framework be approved.” The specter of a blockade on the arrival of funds for 140,000 million euros negotiated last July within the European Union has been present today at the meeting that the Government has held with social agents to […]
Pedro Sánchez announces 10,001 places for healthcare professionals and new measures for the self-employed and SMEs
More places for healthcare professionals -10,001- in a forthcoming selection process, on March 27, 2021, so that they can be incorporated as soon as possible, with more anticipation than the usual deadlines. From doctors, infirmary or pharmacy. The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez has advanced it this morning in Pamplona, ​​in a visit to […]
Montero announces that the Government will lower the VAT on masks from 21 to 4%
The Minister of Finance has defended the General State Budgets, assuring that it is a “project of the country, not of the Government.” “They lend”, he said, “confidence and certainty in the face of discouragement and hope” and this despite the fact that both the Bank of Spain and the AiRef have labeled them outdated […]
Tourism and hospitality demand direct aid as in Germany to avoid definitive closures in the pandemic
The tourism and hospitality sector of the province of Castellón this Wednesday launched a clear and forceful message to the administrations focused on alleviating their complicated situation in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The vice-president of the Provincial Association of entrepreneurs in the tourism and hospitality sector of Castellón, Ashotur, Luis MartÃ, in the […]
The Government rejects to lower the VAT of the masks because it would suppose “1,568 million less of collection”
The Government has rejected reducing the VAT on masks from 21% to 4% after calculating that the measure would cause “1,568 million euros of lower revenue per year.” The Executive has also dropped the request to finance PCR tests for the self-employed, SMEs and security forces and bodies, as well as all health services personnel, […]