Madrid vote could extend tax breaks for care

People with recognised care needs could gain the same tax breaks as people with disabilities if Spain’s Congress backs a Senate change on Wednesday.

The Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities, known as CERMI, is urging MPs in Madrid to approve the amendment. It would remove a tax-law exclusion from a reform of the General Law on the Rights of People with Disabilities.

The original bill recognised people needing care as legally equivalent to people with disabilities, but withheld the tax consequences. Under the proposal, those assessed at care level I would be treated as having a 33% disability; levels II and III would be treated as 65%.

CERMI says leaving out tax rules would penalise people who need care and their families. It points to extra daily costs including personal assistance, care, mobility, housing, support products and changes to their surroundings.

The organisation had asked Congress to remove the exclusion during its earlier consideration of the bill, but parliamentary groups did not accept the request. The Senate later deleted it, making the legal equivalence fully applicable.

CERMI now says Congress must confirm that change on Wednesday, arguing that recognising care needs without the linked tax breaks would leave the reform incomplete.

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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com