The Valencian employers’ association CEV considers that the Immediate response plan, reconstruction and relaunch of the Valencian Community presented by the Government of Pedro Sánchez includes some of their requests to face the crisis generated by DANA, but also warns that it may fall short in terms of direct aid and the injection necessary in the medium term.
“The direction is correct, although more intensity in aid will be needed in the long term”summarizes the Valencian Business Confederation (CEV) when evaluating the battery of measures that Pedro Sánchez himself made public last Tuesday.
The regional employers’ association, despite recognizing that it includes part of their demands, points out that “some aspects are missing” of those he had raised. Several of them are related to the conditions established for what is called Ertes-DANA due to force majeure.
Businessmen ask that the obligation to maintain employment for 6 months be eliminated for companies that request these files and the “punishment” to reimburse the amount of the contributions if they finally have to fire the worker, with a surcharge, late payment interest and the proposed sanction. For the employers, “the catastrophe that the applicants are suffering requires empathy and not obligations that lead to definitive closure instead of helping.”
It also insists that, for legal certainty, it is expressly stated that Ertes requests will be made by work center, given the different evolution of force majeure in companies with more than one center, and that those companies with workers with mobility impediment or restriction due to not having public or private means of transportation.
The employers request that the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity be contemplated for all affected self-employed workers and, failing that. the partial benefit compatible with the activity or benefit due to force majeure. Also that the accreditation of a commercial relationship or the invoices of the dependent companies or members of the value chain serve as an indirect cause to benefit from the Erte.
Direct aid and Renove Plan
Another aspect that will be evaluated is the direct aid announced, which he considers that, “depending on the case, it may fall short.” In this section he criticizes that the beneficiaries must remain registered in the census of businessmen, professionals and retainers until June 30, 2025.
In the tax benefits part, the exemptions in IBI and IAE are for the years 2024, when a large part of these taxes have already been paid. In order for the refund to be as agile as possible and generate liquidity, the CEV understands that refunds will be made ex officio, and expects the possibility of extending this exemption to the year 2025 to be assessedor part of it.
The CEV welcomes the fact that the royal decree-law provides for special reductions for agricultural activities, but demands the establishment of a reduction in the net income calculated by the objective estimation method of VAT for all economic activities domiciled in the affected area, as well as in the special simplified personal income tax regime.
Nor have tax deductions been included for the self-employed (IRPF) and companies (IS) for the necessary expenses for repair, replacement of damaged or lost assets, as well as for investments in reconstruction or replacement of fixed assets. In this sense, insurance coverage, together with direct aid, may in many cases be insufficient.
The CEV insists on the need to a powerful Renewal Plan for vehicles. If not, the restart of business activities will be difficult and delayed, as well as the mobility of affected workers who have lost their vehicles. The number of affected vehicles is already estimated at nearly 100,000 vehicles, including private and heavy vehicles.
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