Correction of request for extraordinary benefit for advice due to COVID-19
For this reason, it was decided to grant the extraordinary benefit as quickly as possible in accordance with the information provided by the self-employed person in his responsible declaration.
Article 17 of Royal Decree Law 8/2020 establishes the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity for those affected by the declaration of the state of alarm in the management of the health crisis situation due to COVID-19, in such a way that self-employed workers will have the right to the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity when their activities are suspended in accordance with the law or when their billing in the month prior to the one requested The benefit is reduced by at least 75% in relation to the average billing of the previous semester.
The benefits must arise on the date on which the contingency or situation of need arises, and therefore, if during the month of March it was not suspended or the billing has not been reduced by that 75%, the benefit must not be paid in the month of April. However, if during April the billing was reduced by that percentage, the self-employed person must request the benefit in May and be entitled to it for the month of April, and not for the month of March.
The same should happen with respect to the reduction of May billing, which will give the right, if applicable, to the receipt of the benefit for that month, which will become effective in June.
Fraternidad-Muprespa will in no case suspend any extraordinary benefit, unless expressly requested by the interested party.
With the progressive return to the new normal and the resumption of economic activity, as advice, we offer you the possibility of updating the initial applications of the self-employed and avoiding possible subsequent claims.
To facilitate the procedures, if you consider it necessary, we explain how to proceed with the correction of the requests submitted.
Given the queries we have received, we detected the following situations:
- Be ratified at all ends of the initial request.
If the self-employed worker considers that the data initially provided is correct, they should not make any modifications. This person will continue to receive their benefit as normal, until the legally established causes for its termination occur.
- Modify any information contained in the initial request and recalculate the benefits (if applicable).
If the self-employed worker considers that any information in their initial application could be incorrect, we offer, as advice, the possibility of modifying it and recalculating the benefit.
This responds to most of the requests received to modify the month in which they will be able to credit the billing reduction by at least that 75%.
Many initial requests were based on the reduction in billing for the month of March, however, they later observed that they could not credit it until the month of April. They only have to modify the month for which they request the benefit.
- Modify the reason why you are requesting the benefit.
If the self-employed worker observes that he does not meet the requirements to access the benefit for the alleged reason (reduction of billing by at least 75% or suspension of activity) he may opt for the one that allows him to request the benefit earlier, in a more beneficial way.
As an example, hairdressing professionals who requested the benefit for reducing billing by at least 75% in the month of April and who could have requested the benefit for suspension of activity. The option to modify the application and access it from March 14, 2020 is provided.
And the same in the opposite direction, self-employed people with a retail business dedicated to food, who have requested the benefit for suspension of activity, not being legally obliged to suspend it, and want to redirect their request for reduction of billing in the month of April. We allow you to update the application and recalculate the benefit.
- We also offer the option to withdraw or renounce the benefit.
To the self-employed worker who considers that he or she does not meet the requirements to access the benefit, neither due to suspension of activity, nor due to a reduction in billing of more than 75%.
Procedure for correcting the extraordinary benefit CATA.COVID-19
We offer these options through the services of our Digital Office, facilitating the procedures as much as possible.
Consultancies already registered in the Digital Office
They will be able to consult the benefits of their self-employed workers, pending correction by pressing the button “Correcting COVID-19 benefits” on the main page of the Digital Office.
You will be shown the list of self-employed workers with benefits pending to be corrected, then you will have to click on “See economic benefits” of the self-employed person whose benefit you want to modify. Once on the benefits screen of the selected self-employed person, you must click on “Remediate” to access the correction form.
The benefit modification form that you will have to complete will be different depending on the reason for correction (there are two models). The user has to complete the request and click “Send”.
A fixed alert has also been enabled, which will indicate if you still have corrections pending processing. As soon as you have processed all the corrections, the alert will disappear.
Non-registered consultancies in the Digital Office
You will be able to access to correct each of the requests with an incident through the new digital service, but on this occasion, you must provide, for each case, a series of data that allows us to identify the request that you wish to correct.
Access without registration is available at the following Internet address:
If you still do not know our Digital Office, we recommend that you request a user. In addition to being very useful for this procedure, you will be able to access multiple services that will facilitate the management of your portfolio with us.
Request user in the Digital Office
In the management of this service, the intention of Fraternidad-Muprespa has always been and will continue to be to facilitate as much as possible the granting of extraordinary benefits, motivated by the state of alarm. We are aware of the difficult situation to which our mutual members, consultancies and self-employed members are subject.
