The Social Security closed the first eight months of the year with a surplus of 7.433 billion euros, equivalent to 0.4% of GDP. Between January and August, total revenues amounted to 171.383 billion euros, 7.7% more than in the same period of the previous year, while expenditures stood at 163.951...
The Social Security closed the first seven months of the year with a positive result of 9.162 billion euros, equivalent to 0.5% of GDP. This balance is obtained after total revenues of 154.231 billion euros, 7.8% more than a year earlier, against expenses of 145.069 billion, which increased by 7%,...
The Council of Ministers has given the green light for the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) to assume in 2026 spending commitments charged to the 2027 budget for a maximum of 50,000 euros, in order to cover the contributions for the curricular internships of university students in this organization.Specifically,...
The Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers (UPTA) proposes that in 2027 the contributions of self-employed workers be increased by at least three percentage points above the CPI, in order to recover part of the lost purchasing power and improve their future benefits, in a context of blockage at the...
Taking care of a father, a mother, or any other dependent family member for years can force one to reduce their work hours or even temporarily leave their job. To prevent that period from leaving a complete gap in the contribution career, there is the special agreement for non-professional caregivers of...
More and more families turn to a person to accompany an elderly family member, help them get up, prepare their meals, or attend to their daily needs. But when that caregiver works regularly, receives a salary, and has been directly hired by the family, it is not enough to pay...
Consulting the work life report and discovering that days contributed are missing, a company where one worked does not appear or the dates of entry and exit are incorrect can generate concern, especially when the time to request a benefit or retirement approaches. The report reflects the data that appears...
The income from contributions to Social Security increased by 7.4% year-on-year with the accumulated data up to June, reaching 93.957 billion euros, which represents 6.453 billion more than in the same period last year.Within this chapter, the resources associated with the Intergenerational Equity Mechanism (MEI), operational since January 1, 2023,...
Social Security closed the first five months of the year with a positive balance of 3,499 million euros, a figure equivalent to 0.25% of GDP. This result is obtained after total revenues of 95,947 million euros in said period, 7.6% more than a year earlier, compared to expenses that amounted...
The president of the Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers (UPTA), Eduardo Abad, has argued this Monday in the Congress of Deputies that the self-employed should contribute more in social security contributions, with the aim of improving their future pensions, which are currently on average about 650 euros lower than...
Social Security closed the first four months of the year with a surplus of 4,046 million euros, equivalent to 0.2% of GDP. This result comes after total revenues of 77,454 million euros, 7.3% more than a year earlier, compared to expenses that amounted to 73,408 million, an increase of 7.2%,...
The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) maintains that the extraordinary regularization of immigrants will have a "practically nil" long-term effect on social security contributions.According to its calculations, the potential impact of this regularization on contributions would be 0.067 percentage points of GDP, using as a reference the patterns observed...
The mandatory military service, eliminated in Spain more than two decades ago, continues to have an impact today on thousands of retirement files. More and more workers are reviewing their employment history with a specific question:Can that time help improve their pension or retire early? The answer is nuanced, but relevant: it...