The new interprofessional minimum salarywhich is approved today in the Council of Ministers, He will not be exempt from paying in the Income Tax of natural persons (IRPF). Unlike the last years, the exempt limit will not be raised, for the workers who will charge 1,184 euros gross per month in 14 payments, or 1,381.33 euros if the salary is distributed in 12 payments, they are going to have to pay in the personal income tax.
This has been decided by the Ministry of Finance, department on whom this issue depends exclusively, and not on the Ministry of Labor. The first minister and vice president of the Government, María Jesús Montero, expressed a few days ago that a “pedagogical” work had to taxes”. They have also assured that “most of the workers who win the SMI will continue without suffering withholdings by the IRPF.”
This decision has not been exempt from controversy and that is that the head of work, Yolanda Díaz has repeatedly reiterated that the criteria of his ministry is that he should be exempt If tax, defending that the beneficiaries of the SMI, who are the ones who now pay taxes, correspond to people with the lowest income. Something that also manifested his party yesterday, add.
Who will affect the tax of IRPF
The new withholdings in the Income Tax of natural persons will affect a small part of the workers. According to sources consulted by ‘El País’, Mainly it will affect single employees without children, who represent approximately 20% of SMI perceptorsabout half a million people.
In the report of the Commission of Experts, which advises the Government on the minimum wage, it was already collected that after this last rise “the new SMI would be subject to retention.” In this regard, the same agency explained that “80% of SMI’s perceptors in 2025 would not be subject to their personal circumstances.”
Thus, according to the interprofessional minimum salary, it affects approximately 2.5 million people, this taxation in the IRPF would affect half a million workers, coinciding with the farm calculations.