| The orange proposal to the central government would mean a reduction of the artisanal Value Added Tax of 21% to 10% | The municipal group of Citizens has seen unanimously approved in plenary session its proposal to request the central government to reduce the VAT paid by artisans from 21 to 10%. The local spokesperson, Joaqu n Ignacio Mart nez, thanked the other groups for their support, and justified the motion in “the serious situation they are going through, and that the associations have transmitted to us”. The motion of the liberal formation will also mean urging the Executive to "begin to eliminate or at least smooth out the numerous bureaucratic obstacles currently existing ...
to access the lines of state aid enabled for these small autonomous ”. Martinez has pointed out that this bottleneck "has its origin in the existing discrepancies between the State Agency for Tax Administration and the National Institute of Social Security." The liberal mayor considers that "it is difficult to justify with the current situation that a clash between two government agencies would leave hundreds of freelancers and SMEs unable to access much-needed aid." Martínez considers that the unblocking of this situation and the reduction of VAT "could be an important stimulus for this sector both in our municipality and in the Region and throughout the country." function { ;(, , {});}
Source: Ciudadanos Región de Murcia