RDL 11/2021: Article 9

 To those workers who:

• Concentrate their professional self-employed activity in 4, 5, 6 or 7 months a year and, at least, two of those months are between June and September.
• Occasionally they may do some self-employment work per year.
• They expect to have, during the second and third quarters of 2021, tax-countable net income of less than €6,650 .

Previous access requirements

1. Have been registered and contributed to the Special Regime, for a minimum of 4 months and a maximum of 7 months in each of the years 2018 and 2019; of which, at least two of them, must have been between June and September in each of the years 2018 and 2019.
2. Not having been registered as an independent worker outside, in the corresponding Social Security regime, more than 120 days during the years 2018 and 2019.
3. Not having been registered, or in a situation assimilated to registration, as an employed worker for more than 60 days in the second and third quarter of 2021.
4. Be up to date with payment of contributions to the Regime Special at the time of requesting the benefit (otherwise, the Mutual Fund will invite you to update yourself within a non-extendable period of 30 days).

Conditional access requirement

Do not obtain, during the first second and third quarters of 2021, taxable net income ⁽¹⁾ that exceeds €6,650.

⁽¹⁾ Unlike what happens in other benefits, regulated by this same rule, it is not indicated that they are derived from self-employment, so it must be understood that they will compute income from self-employment and employment.

This benefit consists of 2 aids:

1. The payment of one economic benefit  whose amount will be calculated by applying 70% to the minimum contribution base  that corresponds to the activity carried out in the Special Regime.

To the amount of the resulting benefit,  the maximum or minimum limits based on the number of dependent children will not apply.

2. The  exemption from the obligation to contribute  (taking the exemption period as quoted).

No ,  during the time the benefit is received ⁽²⁾, the self-employed worker will be exempt from the obligation to contribute.

The period during which the self-employed worker is exempt from the obligation to contribute will be understood as having contributed.

⁽²⁾ Apparently, the period during which the benefit is received will also be considered as contributions, even if the worker has withdrawn from the Special Regime.

The benefit will have a maximum duration of 4 months, until September 30, 2021 at most, provided that there is no prior cause for termination, and the application is submitted within the deadline.

The time of receipt of this benefit will not reduce the benefit periods for cessation of activity to which the beneficiary may be entitled in the future.

This benefit is incompatible with:

• Any Social Security benefit that has been received, unless it is compatible with self-employment activity.
• The performance of any work as an employee (regardless of the income that may arise).
• Receive aid for fleet paralysis (for Sea workers).

They will cause termination of the benefit:

• Reaching the maximum duration planned for the benefit (September 30, 2021).
• The death of the beneficiary.

This benefit may be requested from June 1, 2021 to August 31, 2021, with the following effects:

• Applications submitted until June 21, 2021 (inclusive): will accrue the right to the benefit from June 1.
• Applications submitted after June 22, 2021 (inclusive): The right to the benefit will accrue from the 1st of the month following the month of the application.

We put at your disposal two digital channels that will facilitate and guide you in your request. You can choose one or the other depending on whether you are already a registered user of our Digital Office or if you are not yet registered and do not want to create one.

Yes, the worker who has requested payment of this benefit can :

• Resign the benefit at any time before August 31, 2021, with the resignation taking effect the month following its communication.
• Return on your own initiative the benefit  due to cessation of activity without having to wait for the Mutual Fund's claim, when you consider that you have not complied - or are not going to comply - with the access requirement conditioned on the level of income in the second and third quarter of 2021.

(*)   The annotations in red correspond to clarifications or questions subject to interpretation.