The Mayor of Totana, Isabel Maria Sanchez, will raise a motion at the next regular full to be carried by the Government of Spain a National Strategic Plan to Promote bonifiquen Ceramics and some taxes affecting this professional group.
To do this, the mayor, who is also president of the Spanish Association of Cities of Ceramics, is offered for this entity is established as an intermediary in the ceramic sector in communicating proposals to the Government of Spain.
In general, it is necessary to develop a legal framework adapted to the peculiarity of the craftsmanship that decidedly bet the ceramic sector.
The councilor calls for a necessary legislative change at the state, at least in terms of taxation and social security, by providing, when necessary, a system of exemptions and deductions.
The tax exemption could be granted for a renewable period of time (this formula is covered by general legislation on Social Security and Taxation in Portugal).
Moreover, one of the major obstacles to implement a micro craft is the cost of the compulsory contribution to Social Security.
In recent years, there is a tendency to relax this "step" too high for this type of activity, with reductions of 25% for certain cases during the first years of activity.
Also in this area is necessary to study the treatment of certain crafts, such as ceramics, schemes of Agriculture and Fisheries, as is the case with some offices.
For the mayor, it is necessary to review the legislation affecting the employment of apprentices in the field of ceramic activity, so that their presence is feasible in the workshops, subject to the guarantees to be contemplating this type of labor relations.
As for Social Security should be allowed the exemption of any VAT declaration and the gross income in the ceramics that reached 50% of the minimum wage.
Furthermore, he argues that it is necessary to consider the reduction of 4% VAT for all crafts.
It also states the need to study the indirect tax subsidy fuel gas and the potters and ceramic workshops used for burning furnaces.
