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Dear P&A clients, We write you this informative letter in regard to the extraordinary measures regarding Covid-19 the Spanish state has taken for autonomos.

In some cases you can request financial aid for the month of March and ongoing. This government payment will be 70% of your TGSS base, if you pay the minimum contribution, this will be approximately 670 euro (70% of 900 euro). If your request for the financial aid is accepted, the autonomo payment of March (and maybe April as well) will be returned to your account. The dead-line to file for this aid is the 14^th of April, so you need to act fast.

Requirements:

1. you were in alta autonomo on the 14^th of March 2020
2. you are up to date with your TGSS payments
3. your activity was suspended by the Real Real Decreto 463/2020, de 14 de marzo attached (please see last 2 pages)

/OR you had 75% or more income loss in March in comparison to your average income between September 2019 and February 2020.

How to apply for the special financial aid for autonomos:

If you have FREMAP, the link that you need to follow to fill in the request for the extroardinary government financial aid is:
https://sweb.fremap.es/CeseActividad/Solicitud/Formulario.aspx

Otherwise go to your own Mutua's webpage. They will ask for similar information as FREMAP, which is described partially below.

In case your activity was on the list of suspended activities, please fill in:

"Suspensión de la actividad por consecuencia directa de la declaración del ESTADO DE ALARMA."

In case that your activity has not been suspended automatically with the state of emergency, you need to fill in the 75% option and prove that you had AT LEAST 75% less income in the month of March in comparison to the average of the months between September 2019 and February 2020. We can send you the  EXAMPLE libros that you need to present to your mutua to prove this reduction. Please send them filled in to us first for our review before you present them:

• libro de gastos sept-march
• libro de ingresos sept- march
• libro 75% reduction of income

Please check in the last 2 pages of the Real Decreto 463/2020, de 14 de marzo, attached, if you have an activity that was automatically suspended.  Then you do not need to prove the 75% decrease of income. 

Several general comments on filling in the form:

• You need to also present your certificate of TGSS that you are up to date with the autonomo payments to TGSS. You can request this certificate with your digital certificate.
• You need to fill in your CNAE  on the request which is on the alta RETA document as well es the Actividad Economica description.
• You need to fill in your NAF (numero afiliacion of TGSS), this is also on the ALTA RETA.
• You are a normal autonomo in Trabajador autonomo RETA in most cases, if you think this is different please contact me.
• You are a trabajador no encuadrable.
• If you have children you need to provide information/libro de la familia
• If you have a spouse or pareja de hecho, you need to provide their NIE.
• Domicilio de actividad- check with seguridad social TGSS pagina first via your digital certificate the address that is registered there for your activity.

PS. These comments are not complete, but can help you to get on your way filling in the application form for the financial aid.

The documents that you need to present during the application are:

• passport and NIE copy (both sides)

Documents that you might need to present when the Mutua contacts you:

• libros sept-march 3x (not with complete suspension of your activity)
• certificado estar corriente pagos TGSS
• libro de la familia , if you have children
• other documents that are requested by your mutua

The documents that you need in addition to be able to fill in the form:

• alta RETA for CNAE and mutua
• NIE spouse/ pareja
• model 036 for fecha de inicio actividad,
• fecha del ultimo alta regimen especial is on Alta Reta(do not fill in the baja fecha!!!)

Duration:

From the 1st of March, until the end of the 'estado de alarma'. Please note that the government keeps changing every day almost the regulations, this is the information that we now have available.

Please see the official State buletin article 17 (Real Decreto-ley 8/2020, de 17 de marzo, de medidas urgentes extraordinarias para hacer frente al impacto económico y social del COVID-19.) attached and the webpage of Fremap for more information on the requirements for the application of the financial aid:
https://www.fremap.es/Autonomos/Paginas/COVID-19-Prestacion-extraordinaria-por-cese-de-actividad.aspx

Once you have reviewed the sollicitud of FREMAP  (or of your other Mutua) and if you have any questions about filling in the form, you can contact your personal gestor at Fremap: 900610061, or respectively your other mutua. You have received an email from Fremap when we or you did your alta autonomo with the details of your personal gestor of your MUTUA. If he is not available or you still have doubts, please contact us by whatsapp message (see below) to schedule a call on the 9th, 10th or 13th of April.

The deadline for this request is the 14th of April and we recommend that you should file the request latest on Monday the 13^th of April.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Please bear in mind that the information mentioned in this email, the attachments, and libros are provided free of charge by us and therefore we cannot be held liable if something goes wrong with the request of the financial aid for these or any other services provided free of charge. Please contact us if you have any questions.

STAY SAFE,

Your Porta & Associates Team:

Linda Rens – Barcelona office, Spanish and Dutch Lawyer and Spanish tax adviser – linda.rens@p-and-a.es and +34 674 176 327

Saskia Porta – Palma office, Spanish and German Lawyer – saskia.porta@p-and-a.es and + 34 871 80 91 89

Dominic Porta - Palma office, Spanish and German Lawyer – dominic.porta@p-and-a.es and + 34 871 80 91 89