The aid of 200 euros can be requested from the Treasury from February 15 and will be paid into a bank account

• Measures The Government leaves basic food without VAT and grants a check of 200 euros to low-income families

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced yesterday the new package of

, which will come into force next year and among which two stand out in particular:

for vulnerable families, and the

to basic

, oil and pasta.

Requirements to request the aid of 200 euros

In the first case, the targeted

is aimed at families with

and whose assets do not exceed 75,000 euros excluding the habitual residence.

Moncloa sources add that

will benefit , and from the Ministry of Finance they explain that the process will be as follows.

.

Next, the organization directed by Soledad Fernández will verify that the applicants do indeed meet the established

, and once the verification is complete,

.

Deadlines to request the help of 200 euros

In the department of María Jesús Montero they add that the application period

.

The process, therefore, is very similar to that followed with the previous 200-euro check that was already approved in September for families with incomes of less than 14,000 euros.

On that occasion, the beneficiaries began to collect the benefit around two months after making their request, which may be a reference period for the current aid.

Food VAT reduction

As for the VAT reduction, the measure is divided into two sections.

Staple foods will go from being taxed with 4% to not having VAT.

.

Here are regular bread, as well as frozen regular bread dough;

bread-making flours;

milk produced by any animal species: natural, certified, pasteurized, concentrated, skimmed, sterilized, UHT, evaporated and powdered;

cheeses and eggs;

fruits, vegetables, vegetables, legumes, tubers and cereals.

Likewise, the Value Added Tax applied to oil and paste will be reduced from the current 10% to 5%.

The fine print of the Council of Ministers reference points out that the reduction "

. "

Oil and milk price

The Executive's measure also occurs after the price of

has skyrocketed by 31.5% during the year, while that of

has risen by 21%.

Milk

has also registered a strong increase in cost of 30%, according to the INE, while

have risen by 27%,

by

21% and

by 22%.

The Government's decision is

already requested in September, and stressed again just a month and a half ago, and which the Executive had totally ignored to date.

have been excluded

from this

, as they stress that items such as meat, fish or Yoghurts "are part of the basic basket of consumers and are also essential in the Mediterranean diet."

Discount of 20 cents on fuel

Another very relevant action is that the Government will also restrict the

.

It will limit it to "

," according to Sánchez.

And also at this point there is fine print.

The most important, that "for carriers that use professional diesel, a grant of 20 cents is established for three months and

that will be managed as a monthly refund by the Tax Agency."

This was not announced by the president.

It is, in any case, a

action , which is what the Bank of Spain demanded last week when it again denounced that

was regressive since it largely benefited the highest incomes .

Also within this greater focus, the

could be framed , and Fedea has pointed out on more than one occasion that this action would be beneficial.

Public transport discount

The Government will also subsidize 30% of

urban and interurban

of the price.

This will force regions such as the Community of Madrid, which at some point have expressed doubts about the continuity of the measure, to make a decision.

Limit to the rental price

Sánchez also explained that "the limitation to 2% of the increase

is extended for all of 2023", and also introduces "an extraordinary extension of the current conditions of rental contracts of up to six months".

"The suspension of eviction proceedings is also extended until June 30," the document from the Council of Ministers states.

VAT on electricity

is extended throughout 2023

, and with regard to gas, a VAT rate of 5% will be applied to all components of the bill.

"This will be extended to briquettes, pellets from biomass or wood for firewood used as fuel in heating systems," they explain in the Treasury.

In addition,

will maintain a 4% VAT during the first half of 2023 "because of its mandatory nature in public transport and other areas", while diagnostic tests and vaccines will continue at 0%.

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