The Taxation of the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) He has created new discrepancies within the government. This Tuesday, the decision of the Ministry of Finance was announced not to raise the limit exempt from the Income Tax of natural persons (IRPF), so that part of the workers who charge the new SMI will have to pay for this tax (Especially, it will affect workers without children).
The Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, has declared again that there are “differences”, defending that “we (work) have not changed position.” “As they know, for 5 years that we are in the government, every year after approving the Royal Decree in which I set the minimum wage in Spain, the Ministry of Finance, then, say that it broke out, that is, he declared exempt , the annual amount that encompassed the minimum wage. This is the change that has occurred, ”he said at the exit of the OECD high level forum on social policies.
In relation to this change, Díaz would not see it definitive, expressing being “waiting” to know what the final position of the Ministry of Finance is, in the hands of María Jesús Montero: “We are resulting from a legitimate discussion with the Ministry of Hacienda and we are caught that they communicate their decision. I have done what I had to do, which is to raise the minimum wage, which is my competition. And now, of course, logically we will be waiting for the competent ministry to clarify once and for all what is the position on this matter”
Yolanda Díaz reiterates that it is an exclusive competition of the Treasury
On the decision not to raise the exempt limit of IRPF, he has reiterated that since his department they learned by the media, ensuring that he was “a bit surprising.” “I say it again, we have learned through the media, we are resulting from the decision you finally make to the Treasury.”
On his role in this decision, he has also made it clear that “it is its competition” (of the Treasury) and that “I have never invaded any competition.” Regarding the differences in this matter, which has not been the only different: “I want to give bad news to the right, there is a coalition government for a while, people can be calm.”.
More climatic permits
At the end of 2024, following the DANA of Valencia, the Government approved a new remote permit of 4 days extendable until the risk to shield the right of workers to absent from work in case of catastrophes or climatic alerts disappears.
However, this may not be the last. Yolanda Díaz has also defended today during his speech at the OECD high level forum that must be “Advance the creation of climatic permits for working people”.
In relation to climate change, he added that “the transition requires us to adapt labor policies to guarantee the protection of those affected by natural disasters or structural changes in their productive sectors.”