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Council aid PALMA COUNCIL allocated €1 million in 2014 to cover basic needs for poorer families. It is estimated that 1,000 families were able to avoid eviction as a result.
Free concert POLLENÇA will be celebrating Andalucia Day from afar with a free concert at the Plaça Major de Pollença at 8pm this Saturday, February 28, with flamenco and sevillanas.
Book week THE 16th edition of the Books in Catalan Week will start tomorrow (February 27). It is open until March 8 at the Capella de la Misericordia in Palma.
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Communities need to declare payments PROPERTY owners within community urbanisations in Mallorca could see their community face fines of up to €200,000 if declarations aren’t presented to the Spanish taxman by next Monday, March 2. It is estimated that many communities in Spain do not employ an administrator, and so could be fined for not presenting Model 347 to Hacienda by March 2 if they are unaware of the need to do so. Self-administering communities need to act fast to avoid a hefty fine, but communities that employ an administrator should escape sanctions as long as the form is handed in by Monday. Solicitor Jose Luis Navarro, who writes a regular community law column for the EWN, said that property owners may not know about the new fiscal measure, now in only its first year. Although in the past they were not required to make the declaration, communities
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that paid any third party supplier more than €3,005.06 during 2014 must fill in and present the declaration to Hacienda. All invoices for communal building works and refurbs, security, gardening, cleaning and maintenance, etc, have to be included, but not utility bills or insurance. The call is going out to all communities in Mallorca
to ensure that the Model 347 is presented in time or fines of up to €200,000 are in place. Navarro explained that the declaration will allow Hacienda to compare figures to those declared by service providers and make sure they have declared the proper amount of IVA for all amounts charged.