Review of the extraordinary benefit of cessation of activity for self-employed workers (PECANE 2.3)

Published on: 14/05/2024

Review of the extraordinary benefit of cessation of activity for those self-employed workers that practice activity and on 31 May 2021 came receiving some cessation of activity provisions considered in articles 6 and 7 of the Royal Decree-Law 2/2021, of 26 January, of support and consolidation of social measures in defense of the employment and they can not cause right to the ordinary provision of cessation of activity considered in the article 7 of this Royal Decree-Law.

Established in the article 8 of the Royal Decree-Law 11/2021 of 27 May, on urgent measures for the defense of the employment, the economic revival and the protection of self-employed workers.

The self-employed worker must meet the following requirements: 

  • Perceived credit the provision PECANE 2.2 or POECATA 3 considered in articles 6 and 7 of the Royal Decree-Law 2/2021. If during the process of procedure opening of audience, the worker has presented previous claim against one of those provisions, he owe attach the agreement of acceptance of the previous claim by Mutua Universal.
  • Be registered and up to date in the payment of contributions in the Special Scheme for Self-Employed Workers or in the Special Plan for Workers of the Sea as a freelance worker since before of 1 April 2020. Nonetheless, if in the date of the presentation of the application the requirement of being was not fulfilled up to date in the payment, the self-employed worker has a term of thirty calendar days for made credit the payment.
  • In the case of self-employed workers that they have one or more hard-working to its charge, he owe prove, to the time of requesting the provision, the fulfillment of all Social Security labour obligations that they have assumed through current certificate contribution fee-paying of the CAC associated with its ID number/NIE.
  • Not having accountable net yields fiscally from the activity on a self-employed basis in the second one and third quarter of 2021 higher than 6,650 euros.
  • Prove in the second one and third quarter of 2021 some accountable incomes fiscally of the activity on a self-employed basis lower than the had in the first quarter of 2020.

For the calculation of the reduction of incomes the period will be taken into account in registration in the first quarter of 2020 and will be compared with the proportional part of the incomes had in the second one and third quarter of 2021 in the same proportion. 

The amount of the provision was of50 % of the minimum base of contribution that it corresponds for the developed activity. Nonetheless, when they coexist in the same people address united by familiar or unit link analogous of coexistence until the first one degree of relationship because of consanguinity or affinity, and two or more members have right to this extraordinary benefit of cessation of activity, the amount of each one of the provisions was of40 %.  In the event of not proving that there is no coexistence 10% will demand him to him subscriber.


Summary table article 8 of the Royal Decree - Act 11/2021:


All communications made will be sent to the email address specified at the time in the benefit application form, either by email (favourable resolutions) or by electronic notification (hearing procedures and subsequent resolutions to correct differences or reject the benefit).


In the notification received, the correction ID is at the top of the document, which can be used to access the process on the website, together with the identity document number. In the same document, is specified the reason why its provision has been revised and a series of circumstances have been detected that they would be able to affect to the fulfillment of the requirements legally established or to the credited amounts. The notification received informs of the opening of the procedure of audience, having a term of 10 business days to present the indicated documentation in every section and being able to formulate allegations and justifications that they consider opportune (it is remembered that are not taken into account on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays for the computation of days). 

In case is wanted to give up to this procedure of audience, or if within 10 business days the documentation or formulated allegations has not been contributed, will be proceeded to the issuance of definite resolution, dictating agreement denegatorio or of definite granting, but with improper amounts of the provision, demanding amounts that they received in time. 

For more information on the documentation required to correct the incident, the notification document received by email lists the manager who can help with the process.

 

Article 8 Royal Decree-law 11/2021, of 27 May, on urgent measures for the defense of the employment, the economic revival and the protection of self-employed workers