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The Treasury complicates tax exemptions for family businesses regarding Wealth and Large Fortunes

Siro Barro, Partner in the Tax Area of Escalona & de Fuentes, was interviewed for an article published by El Economista about a resolution of 24 September of the Central Economic-Administrative Court (TEAC) which is binding on the Spanish Tax Agency and which established that a company’s directors or managers must receive remuneration for their […]

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Developments in employment law arising from Royal Decree 1026/2024, of 8 October, developing the planned set of measures for the equality and non-discrimination of LGBTI people in businesses

Legal Updates – Employment Area- October 2024 Royal Decree 1026/2024, of 8 October, developing a planned set of mandatory measures with the aim of ensuring the real and effective equality and non-discrimination of LGBTI people in businesses has been published. The main agreed measures, in the employment area, are covered below: I. CONTENT AND AIMS

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The Autonomous Community of Madrid increases its register of large estates by 3,300 following a Treasury onslaught

Siro Barro, Partner in the Tax Area of Escalona & de Fuentes, was interviewed for an article published by ABC on the increase of taxpayers subject to the Wealth Tax in the Autonomous Community of Madrid following approval by the Government of the tax on large fortunes. In this article, Siro Barro points out, as

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The number of taxpayers presenting Wealth Tax declarations has dropped for the first time in its history

Siro Barro, Partner of the Tax Area of Escalona & de Fuentes, was interviewed by El Economista about a drop in 2022 in the amount of taxpayers presenting Wealth Tax declarations for the first time in history, according to statistics published by the Spanish Tax Agency. This tax has been levied since 2011 on fortunes

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Equality ‘rushes’ to resolve via an amendment an error enabling the dismissal of employees with leave to adjust their working hours or those whose working hours have already been adjusted

Eva Hernández, Partner of the Employment Area of Escalona & de Fuentes, was quoted in an article published by ABC explaining that the Government is rushing to correct an error in the Law on Parity which since 22 August has enabled the dismissal of employees who are on a five-day leave to care for a

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Some automatic forms of nullity have lapsed due to a technical error in the Law on Parity that comes into force today

Today, Organic Law 2/2024, of 1 August, on parity of representation and a proper gender balance between men and women, comes into force. With its entry into force, the existing objective nullity applicable to cases involving adjusted working hours and five-day leave in the event of an accident or serious illness of the employee or

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Liability of public administrations for cartels: objective interest in appeals on a point of law

Legal Updates – Public and Regulatory Area – February 2024 The Supreme Court will soon establish significant jurisprudence regarding the liability of Public Administrations for cartels orchestrated around public tenders. The Order of 12 February 2024 (rec. 8302/2023, hereinafter, the “Order”) has admitted the appeal that our Firm (Escalona & de Fuentes) has prepared, in

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Agreement on employment and collective bargaining

Legal Updates – Employment Area – May 2023 AGREEMENT ON EMPLOYMENT AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING This May the long awaited V Agreement on Employment and Collective Bargaining (“AENC”), has been signed by CEOE and CEPYME, on the business side, and CCOO and UGT, the most representative trade unions at the national level [representing the employees]. This Agreement is

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New features of the law on employment: false self-employed persons

Legal Update– Employment Area– May 2023 Law 3/2023, of 28 February, known as the Law on Employment, has repealed section d) of article 148 of the Law Regulating Company Jurisdiction. For Companies this means significant amendments to the definition of “false self-employed persons”. In short, it can be concluded that the previous system was much more advantageous

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