Learn about the extraordinary benefits for cessation of activity for self-employed workers RD-law 11/2021

On May 28, the Royal Decree-Law was published 11/2021, about urgent measures to defend employment, economic reactivation and the protection of self-employed workers.

This new standard provides for 5 types of aid for the group of self-employed workers:

1. An exemption from contributions for those self-employed who had received until May 31, 2021, the aid regulated in arts. 6 or 7 of RDL 2/2021, of January 26 (article 5).
2. A subsidy and exemption from contributions for self-employed people who are obliged to totally suspend their activity by resolution of the competent authority (article 6 and second transitional provision).
3. An economic benefit and help to offset the contribution expense, equivalent to the contribution for common contingencies, for those self-employed who have sufficient contributions upon cessation of activity and anticipate a bad second and third quarter (article 7).
4. A subsidy and aid to offset the contribution expense, equivalent to the contribution for common contingencies, for those self-employed who have NOT enough contributions upon cessation of activity and anticipate a bad second and third quarter (article 8).
5. A subsidy and exemption from contributions for seasonal self-employed, whose main source of income was obtained between the months of June to September, and who foresee a bad second and third quarter (article 9).

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