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Plan to prevent the shadow economy

12-05-2011
On May 7th the law "R.D. Law 5 / 2011 dated 29th of April has entered into vigour, these measures taken are to help stabilize and control undeclared work and promote the rehabilitation of properties.
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New contract for part-time work

16-02-2011
Since 12 February, a new type of employment contract designed to encourage part-time employment of youth and the long-term unemployed.
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General Tax Control Plan 2011

15-02-2011
The General Guidelines for the General Tax Control Plan 2011 has been published on February 7th in the BOE.
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Companies pay the Tax Office 800 million euros yearly on the VAT of invoices pending payment.

10-02-2011
This has been made clear to the Financial Department within the Tax Office, which in turn are asking the Government to propose that the VAT should be paid at the time when it has been collected and not before hand.
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Criminal code reform in road safety

10-01-2011
On December 23rd the reform of the Penal Code came into force, among the most important news in relation to road safety infractions.
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Anti-Smoking Law

02-01-2011
After the publication in the Official Gazette on 31 December, 2010 about the famous law that will prevent smoking in most public spaces, the situation has been finally clarified and should answer the many generated questions.
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You do not have to go to traffic to renew your license!

14-12-2010
According to the Royal Decree 170/2010 on the 19th of February, we no longer have to go to the Traffic Department and wait in endless long queues to renew our drivers license.
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Labour Calendar 2011

07-12-2010
Labour Calendar 2011 for Andalucía and local bank holidays.
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New social security allowance

25-11-2010
As of 01.01.2010, parents with minor children with cancer or other disease in need for long term hospitalization, are entitled to a benefit from the Social Security of the amount equal to 100% of sick leave and proportional to the reduced hours since it is designed for those couples in which one must spend part of all day taking care of their child who suffers a severe illness.
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Now you can check traffic fines through internet

22-11-2010
Finally the Traffic Department has found that citizens who have not been able to be notified of a traffic ticket at their home address are completely helpless when the traffic department proceeds to publish the notice in the Gazette for that Province.
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Draft rules for land act

18-11-2010
The proposed draft for the land act is already in the hands of some professional associations. Much time has passed since the approval of the controversial state land law, the Ministry of Housing (is now integrated within secretary of development) did their homework and prepared a much expected draft regulation plan.
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Its almost Christmas....and the closing of a Fiscal year!

05-11-2010
Soon we will be bombarded with the usual correspondance of banks and insurance companies with the objective of getting us to invest in Pension Plans to save us some money in taxes.
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New Social Security control sistem

04-11-2010
As of the 1st of January, the Social Security Treasury Office has begun to implant a program named CRETA, with an objective to avoid any expences for this procedure, thus permitting them to submit a draft of the contributions made by companies having up to 15 workers who voluntarily join this program.
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Spain is opening its doors to the process of mediation

26-10-2010
The Projected Law regarding mediation suposes our commencement in the order of mediation as an alternative to resolve conflicts.
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Condemn banks to eliminate base clauses in mortgages

26-10-2010
The Mercantile Court, section 2 of Seville has condemned the BBVA, Caixa Galicia and Cajamar banks to eliminate the base clauses in mortgages and to abstain from using in successive mortgages.
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The allowance for deductions for the purchase of a property are coming to an end

26-10-2010
As of the 1st of January 2011, the famous deductions that our tax system allowed us to use when buying a property for the first time and use of it as primary home, will no longer be deductable.
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More taxes on the high income brackets

06-10-2010
The projected legal budget for 2011, presented by the Government this last 30th of september, included an incresase in the Personal Income Tax Returns of those with high earnings.
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Our banks, are some of the banks that pay more for our money en Europe

01-10-2010
We are not sure if this is an indicator about the healthy state of our banks or on the contrary it shows a high need of liquidity
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New Incorporations!

30-09-2010
We would like to welcome our two new incorporations to CYCLO ABOGADOS-ASESORES: Frederikke and Fabiola.
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New types of value added taxes (VAT)

09-06-2010
From July 1st 2010, the new types of value added taxes (VAT) will begin to be applied.
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