Groups Municipal People's United Left in the city of Lorca have approved this morning a motion that seeks to facilitate the self-employed, small and medium enterprises to meet the crisis we are suffering, which, however, has opposed the PSOE, despite the popular group even proposed the vote of the points separately.
The proposal, submitted by the Councillor for Economy, Antonio Ibarra, raises a series of measures to benefit the self-employed and SMEs.
Ibarra said that "given the current economic situation the different administrations have a duty to help companies and firms, because they are the main generators of employment.
This crisis, which has been classified by the National Government itself as the worst suffered by our country, is particularly affecting self-employed and SMEs.
We're talking about companies launched by different sectors of production professionals who have serious difficulties in further developing their work.
It is precisely now, before this crisis, when they most need government support.
Therefore, from the city of Lorca going to claim to be taken into account from the National Government of the particular difficulties of self-employed and SMEs to overcome these bad times. "
Antonio Ibarra explained that one of the points in the motion that will lead to the full next Monday 29 referred to the National Government articulates the mechanisms within the shortest possible time for self pay VAT bills for their work at the time when they are paid.
Ibarra has detailed this proposal is determined by the alarming increase in defaults, which is hitting especially freelancers and SMEs.
From this council feel it is common sense that the payment of VAT in this way and that, moreover, if one takes into consideration this proposal, we would be doing a great service to self and SMEs to the crisis capeen safer .
The mayor of Finance has indicated that with this particular action from the government team has also been referred to the self-employed and SMEs benefit through a tax cut.
Ibarra has stated that to help SMEs to the crisis advocate to reduce the corporation tax rate to 20% for SMEs.
In addition we propose to extend the status of SMEs to apply this account for the purposes of corporation tax that companies which those up to 12 million euros, because until now only considered as such for those who bill up to 8 million euros.
From the city council will also claim the National Government to increase by 2 million endowment grants and subsidies designed to promote self-employment self-employment especially aimed at women, as a measure that would increase opportunities self-employed before the injury that are taking the current economic frame of mind in this particular sector.
Antonio Ibarra is anticipated that, in this sense, it will ask the central executive to equalize the treatment of autonomous workers who are the female employees, especially focusing on the fact that the stop work again maternity to join their activity to enjoy the right to receive a bonus of 100% of contributions for common contingencies over a period of 48 months.
Antonio Ibarra said that the economic crisis being experienced by the Spanish economy and other important effects, such as increasing unemployment at a dizzying pace, is very remarkable raising the default rate, with consequent damage to business of all sizes, but mainly for the set that represents the largest number of firms in Spain, over 95%, such as small and medium enterprises and the self-employed and are also those that have generated more jobs.
These problems of liability, should join the funding difficulties for companies due to current financial market circumstances that limit the possibility of obtaining funding under the right conditions.
This has led many companies and freelancers have to close with the loss of jobs.
These circumstances make it necessary to undertake measures to help companies and independent operators to cope with certain guarantees to the problems that have to take regarding the recovery of credit to debtors.
Tax Ordinance for the use of public domain for the mobile companies
On the other hand, the House has approved a plan for access and use of sports facilities for schools in Lorca, with the aim of facilitating youth sports in the same after school.
It has also been adopted unanimously follow the procedure to bring the House a model ordinance tax rate levied by the use of local public companies performed in Lorca mobile.
Paleontological park
Similarly, it has been backed by the consensus of all the council's initiative that will draft a project for the enhancement of the paleontological site of La Serrata, which could take the form of park paleontological Likewise, this project will see the possible construction of a room or natural history museum, sized to the reality of Lorca, which exhibit important elements of our natural history paleontology of that site or others in the municipality.
Balance remaining points
The motion of the Socialist Group on educational needs, as well as on the Regional Environmental Protection Act, was rejected with 13 votes against (GMP) and 12 for (GMS + IU).
The motion for the adoption of measures regarding the status of land with abandoned houses, it has been unanimously approved with some modifications in the arrangements originally proposed by the GMS.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca