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The Mayor of Totana, Isabel Maria Sánchez Ruiz, in his capacity as president of the Spanish Association of Cities of Ceramics (AECC), has asked the director general of the Ministry of Economy Trade and Competitiveness, Carmen blue, your body takes actions that help overcome the commercial crisis that are going potters of Spain.
During a meeting at the Ministry of Economy, the councilor totanera has realized the motion that was passed unanimously by the political groups in the March plenary session in Totana to drive a national plan to boost the pottery industry, and that is approved in all municipalities adhering to the AECC.
Sanchez Ruiz explained that "it is a joint action of the ceramic cities of Spain and intends to make a common front to take this plan forward momentum."
Overall, the Mayor of Totana has presented the general director "is necessary to develop a legal framework adapted to the peculiarity of the craftsmanship that decidedly bet the ceramic industry."
The councilor calls for a "necessary legislative change at the state, at least in terms of taxation and social security, by providing, when necessary, a system of exemptions and deductions."
The tax exemption could be granted for a renewable period of time (this formula is covered by general legislation on Social Security and Taxation in Portugal).
Moreover, one of the major obstacles to implement a micro craft is the cost of the compulsory contribution to Social Security.
In recent years, there is a tendency to relax this "step" too high for this type of activity, with reductions of 25% for certain cases during the first years of activity.
Also in this area is necessary to study the treatment of certain crafts, such as ceramics, schemes of Agriculture and Fisheries, as is the case with some offices.
For the mayor, it is necessary to review the legislation affecting the employment of apprentices in the field of ceramic activity, so that their presence is feasible in the workshops, subject to the guarantees to be contemplating this type of labor relations.
As for Social Security should be allowed the exemption of any VAT declaration and the gross income in the ceramics that reached 50% of the minimum wage.
Furthermore, he argues that it is necessary to consider the reduction of 4% VAT for all crafts.
It also states the need to study the indirect tax subsidy fuel gas and the potters and ceramic workshops used for burning furnaces.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana
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