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On July 18, the Balearic Government announced the elimination of the inheritance and gift tax in this community, as well as the elimination of the transfer tax for children under 30 years of age, among other measures. 

The Official State Gazette has published an Order raising from 0.19 euros to 0.26 euros the amount of the daily allowances and allowances for travel expenses for the self-employed and workers, which can be deducted in the income tax return. This measure, which represents an increase of 7 cents, especially benefits workers who have to travel with their own vehicle. 

Last month, within the framework of the ESF+ Program, financial aid was launched to support young self-employed people in the start-up and maintenance of their activity during the first eighteen months. This initiative seeks to promote employment and improve the employability of young people. 

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has updated the Guide on the use of cookies to adapt it to the Guidelines 03/2022 of the European Data Protection Committee (ECDC). Below, we list the most important changes that must be implemented before 11 January 2024.

Last June 29, the Government extended the clauses of Law 11/2022, which refers to the guarantees of users regarding their right not to receive unwanted commercial calls. Although these provisions do not apply to automatic dialing systems without human intervention, they provide you with protection against the following situations. 

With the beginning of the year 2023, the government introduced a new tax measure with the purpose of encouraging entrepreneurship and stimulating the creation of new companies categorised as emerging or startups. This novelty consists in the approval of a reduced tax rate of 15% (as opposed to the generally applied 25%), exclusively for those companies that are established within the stipulated period. In order to take advantage of this benefit, we explain below the conditions to be fulfilled.

The Spanish government has approved a new package of fiscal measures, included in Royal Decree-Law 5/2023, which adopted and extended certain measures in response to the economic and social consequences of the war in Ukraine, among others. Below, we explain what they consist of.

On 30 June, following the publication of Royal Decree-Law 5/2023 of 28 June, new work permits came into force, included in the Family Law. Its approval aims to respond to the need for reconciliation experienced by workers after facing situations in which the health of their family members and their employment are at a point of incompatibility.