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New ICO credit lines for the self-employed and entrepreneurs are in force in 2021 and can be applied for throughout the year. 

The Government of Catalonia has announced a registration period for accessing new extraordinary aid for maintaining the activity of individual self-employed workers or self-employed workers who are part of a microenterprise. To be eligible for this aid, prior registration must be made from 19 to 26 February, which will act as an application form.
 

On March 31, 2021, the deadline for submitting to the Tax Agency the annual informative return on assets and rights located outside of Spanish territory ends through form 720.

As stated in Royal Decree Law 28/2020, of September 22, on remote work, the Agreement in which the company and the worker formalize the remote performance of the work provision must include, as part of its minimum content, the Instructions for compliance with data protection and information security.

In general, any self-employed person must apply 15% of personal income tax on invoices issued, but those who have registered for the first time have the possibility of benefiting from a 7% reduction, provided that certain conditions are met.

In general, when a company needs financing and goes to an investor, he ends up acquiring a percentage of the shares. But what happens if you don't want new partners to join the company?
 

The Government has approved in the Council of Ministers Royal-Decree Law 28/2020, of September 22, on remote work. This standard develops the modality of distance work in the private sector, the obligation of companies to provide the necessary means and to defray the expenses related to the development of the activity, as well as the rights and duties of workers who telework regularly.

Today, many community or foreign people who, due to their economic, professional or personal interests are related to Spain, are assigned a personal, unique and exclusive number called NIE (Foreign Identification Number).

In mid-July, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) annulled through a ruling, known as Schrems 2, the Privacy Shield system or Privacy Shield. Through this procedure, since 2016 international data transfers have been made between the European Union (EU) and the United States (USA, but, from now on, they will be considered illegal.