The Government gives a boost to R&D

Companies that develop R&D activities can be bonus 40% of social security fees for common contingencies, an average per worker of 2,138 euros, which will mean a global savings of about 42 million euros.

On Friday, June 13, the Minister Council approved a Royal Decree in which the bonuses in the Social Security contribution of the investigating personnel are regulated.

This incentive to the research activity will have a special effect in a sector such as the technological that supports more than a third of private investment in Spain in R&D.

Con esta medida que se aplica con carácter retroactivo desde el 1 de enero de 2013, las empresas que desarrollan actividades de I+D+i podrán bonificarse el 40% de las cuotas por contingencias comunes, una media por trabajador de 2.138 euros, lo que supondrá un ahorro global de unos 42 millones de euros (22 millones para el presente ejercicio y otros 20 millones referidos a 2013).
From the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Mineco) they consider that this legislative measure will mean the creation of about 500 jobs in the next three years. In addition, the bases to attract investments in R&D and compete in the global field as an attractive country for research development are established.

The Government has also wanted to underline that small and medium -sized companies that are recognized with the innovative SME seal by the R&D State Secretariat, may have another advantage, since this bonus will be fully compatible with the fiscal deduction for R&D activities that collects the regulations of the Corporate Tax. For the rest of companies and entities, the bonus will be compatible with the deduction regime provided that it does not apply on the same researcher.

From the Employers Ametic, who had been repeatedly claiming the Executive measures of this draft, they have expressed their satisfaction with the government's incentive to R & D & I.

Ametic also points out that the bonuses by research personnel “put us on the European path of the Union for innovation, one of the five emblematic initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy. Its objective is + Private) In 2020, it reaches 3 % of the EU GDP, a figure that in Spain, according to INE data, reached in 2012, 13,392 million euros, 1.3 % of GDP, experiencing a 5.6 % decrease compared to the previous year ”.

Access to BOE (Royal Royal Decree Decree 475/2014, of June 13, on bonuses in the social security contribution of the investigating personnel).