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How Can Citizens Advice Bureau Spain Benefit You?

As an expatriate living in Spain; do you find that the Spanish bureaucratic system can be disconcerting? Have you discovered that the simplest of transactions are difficult to conclude? Find yourself searching for answers to problems only to discover that there is nowhere where you could find a solution? I am assuming that the answer is yes and that is why should be a member of our web site if you arent already.

Covid-19 Measures Airports - Update 31.7.2020 Different Form For Ferries

Updates 31.7.2020 Update 1.7.2020 with details about the tests. With regards to the temperature-test, a temperature greater than 37.5 ºC is established as the detection limit. The temperature should be taken with thermometers without contact or

Covid-19 Seguridad Social Faqs New 'ayudas' Autonomos As Per 1.7.2020

Link to a publication from the Seguridad Social with FAQs about the financial help available for Autonomos as per 1.7.2020. In Spanish. And a guide from the Ministry with all different alleviating measures listed.

Covid-19 Extended Validity Itv Expiration Date 21.6.2020 Till 31.8.2020

From the State Gazette of today. Extension of the validity of the periodic technical inspection certificate of vehicles. The period of validity of the periodic technical inspection certificates of the vehicles whose next inspection date was betw

Covid-19 Extension Alleviating Measures Till 31.1.2021

Update 29.9.2020 Extension of measures with **  till 31.1.2021 approved in Consejo de Ministros today. As approved during the Consejo de Ministros July 7, 2020. Automated translation of a summary on the Moncloa website. Relief of the financial

What To Do If You Are Charged Extra For Covid-measures?

The Consumers Department of the Junta de Andalucia has issued a warning for all businesses that they are not allowed to transfer the extra costs involved with the obligatory protective COVID measures in place, as an extra cost on an invoice or q

Covid-19 Ertes And Income Tax (renta) 2020 (declare 2021)

As ERTE payments are unemployment benefits paid out by SEPE, they will be seen as another source of income from work for the purpose of your resident’s income tax RENTA in 2021, over tax year 2020. This could cause you to be obliged to fil

Covid-19 Reopening Seguridad Social, Employment Agencies, Tax Offices

The Seguridad Social will re-open most of their offices to the public as of the 25th of June, both the INSS and the TGSS. For the INSS you need an appointment. You can call 901 10 65 70  or make an appointment online, through their website. You

Covid-19 What Happens If There Is A 'brote'/spike In New Cases

Now that the State of Alarm is no longer in force, the health authorities in the Autonomous Regions must decide themselves if they want a certain area or province where there has been a spike in new cases, to go back in the de-escalation plan. E

Covid-19 Erte And Holiday Entitlement

When on a full-time ERTE, during the time you are covered by the ERTE, you do not build up any holiday entitlement as you only do so when there is a work relationship. When receiving full-time ERTE payments, there isn’t one. So your total

De-escalation Update: 4 Autonomous Regions Now In Phase 'new Normality'

Cantabria, Catalunya, Galicia and the Basque Country. Update on the Moncloa website.