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The state pension scheme is part of the Social Security system in Spain. There are two categories of pension in Spain: contributory and non-contributory. The pensions system is financed by a payroll tax on salaries. The employee pays 4.7% of their salary while employers must pay the equivalent of 23.6% of an employee's salary into the scheme. [1]
The social security system (Spanish: seguridad social) in Spain is its principal system of social protection.The concept of social security first appeared in Spain in 1883 under the Committee for Social Reform, it was expanded several times during the twentieth century and finally the right to social security was enshrined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978 under Article 41 which states "that ...
Starting in 2000 and until 2008 the Spanish government paid 45 Bn euros into the fund while investment income from the fund reached a total of 17 Bn eur. [4] The economic crisis caused a significant reduction in employment and a similar fall in payroll taxes leading to a social security deficit. In 2012 and 2013 the government tapped the fund ...
Mandatory occupational pension provision: Voluntary private collective pension provision; Voluntary private individual pension provision Georgia: Basic pension: N/A: N/A: N/A Germany: Social assistance: Social insurance system: Voluntary occupational pension insurance: Private pension schemes Hong Kong: Basic pension: Provident fund system: N/A ...
The department was created by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as part of the Sánchez II Government and it took on some of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Labour, Migrations and Social Security; as well as the responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance in civil servants' pensions.
DGFSP's headquarters, Madrid. The Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds (Spanish: Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones) (DGSFP) is the Spanish government's financial regulatory department that supervises and controls Spain's insurance and pension fund sector.
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Taxes in Spain are levied by national (central), regional and local governments. Tax revenue in Spain stood at 36.3% of GDP in 2013. [ 1 ] A wide range of taxes are levied on different sources, the most important ones being income tax , social security contributions, corporate tax , value added tax ; some of them are applied at national level ...