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Twenty Thousand Surviving on Charity

The Spanish Catholic Church charity organization, Cáritas, attended to over 20,000 people in need in the province of Granada alone during 2013. Cáritas in its annual report pointed out that 13,117 of that number are from the city itself.

Hairdressers in Rebellion

In the second half of last month approximately 500 hairdressers came out in protest over the new crippling IVA rate. The demonstration took place outside the provincial Hacienda offices in the city of Granada.

Fish Tax Phishing

As if it were not enough that the Tax Office and Seguridad Social circle like buzzards over the hard-pressed autonomos, they now have to watch out for false Hacienda letters.

Spain Has a Problem…

One amongst several, of course, but a rather big one: its ceiling for expenditure is 133,259m euros for 2014 but its tax system is not working. You see, although Spain has one of the highest tax rates in the European Union, it actually brings in less than most.