Below we detail the main measures announced by Pedro Sánchez, President of the Government, the total cost of which is expected to amount to 10.6 billion euros.
Here are the most relevant:
– Public assistance provided for by law in the event of death, disability, damage to property and housing is multiplied by four, with no income threshold. Concretely, the Government will transfer up to 72,000 euros for cases of disability and between 20,000 and 60,000 euros to repair damaged houses.
Likewise, they will be assigned up to 10,300 euros to change or repair furniture, household appliances and personal effects and up to 37,000 euros to repair elements of local communities, such as doors or elevators.
– Direct aid amounting to 838 million for SMEs and self-employed people in the most affected areas. This aid will be 5,000 euros for the self-employed and will vary between 10,000 and 150,000 euros for businesses, depending on their volume of activity.
To receive them, simply indicate your bank account number and collection will begin in less than a month. It is estimated that this measure It will benefit around 65,000 self-employed workers and around 30,000 businesses.
– Thanks to labor reform, affected companies that temporarily suspend the activity of their workers through a ERTE will be exempt from paying 100% of employee social security contributionsat least until February 2025.
– A is created extraordinary temporary incapacity of workers and self-employed workers with physical or psychological harm caused by DANA. When it is considered a work accident, 75% of your salary is guaranteed from the first day of disability.
– 15% increase for three months for people who receive the minimum vital income (IMV) or non-contributory pensions.
– Cessation of activity allowance for self-employed workers who must stop or suspend their activitywhich corresponds to 70% of the contribution base. They will be able to access assistance even if they do not have the required minimum contribution period and without this reducing their benefits in the future.
– The Insurance Compensation Consortium, dependent on the Ministry of the Economy, will start paying the first compensation tomorrow to families and businesses who have lost their vehicles.
– HE increases the fair value of compensation by 20% provided by the Insurance Compensation Consortium for cars damaged by DANA.
– HE creates a DANA guarantee line worth 5,000 million euros for businesses, the self-employed and, for the first time, also homes. The Council of Ministers approved the first tranche, of one billion euros, on Tuesday and will continue to authorize new amounts if necessary.
– Thanks to the agreement that the Spanish Government has concluded with banks, citizens and SMEs with a mortgage or consumer loan They can defer full payment of their credits for 3 monthsand pay interest only for another 9 months.
-Exemption from Property tax (IBI) corresponding to 2024
– Reduction of Tax on Economic Activities (IAE) corresponding to the 2024 financial year.
– No traffic or police fees will be paid when processing the deregistration of damaged vehicles or the replacement of driving licenses and DNI.
– Aid for personal injury is exempt from personal income tax,
– HE postpones the second payment of the tax return to 2025 for those affected by DANA, benefiting 200,000 taxpayers.
– Reduction of personal income tax and VAT for farms and agricultural activities in the area concerned.
– The government will assume all emergency expenses incurred by affected municipalities and 50% of those coming from all work carried out in the coming months and years to repair infrastructure, equipment and services such as roads, sports centers or civic centers.
– Town halls will be compensated for municipal taxes that they no longer collect. and your spending possibilities will expand through financially sustainable investments.
– Will be implemented strengthening measures within the courts and the teams of notaries and civil registrars will be strengthened.
– An emergency registration portal will be launched which will allow citizens to certify the location of their real estate via satellite.
– Reinforcement offices will be set up in the municipalities concerned supporting local elected officials in serving citizens and streamlining administrative procedures.
