Bankia is once again in the news, this time fortunately, it is not requesting another bailout. The complete opposite is happening as in fact, the Spanish Government has begun to sell its shares in that bank as it struggles to remain solvent. The government used 18 billion Euros of EU funds to bailout the flagging bank and currently owns 68%. The idea is to sell up to 18% of its shares to private investors.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have received a number of enquiries about when it is compulsory to register as self-employed and what the minimum income amount permitted is before registry becomes obligatory. Since there seems to be a lot of confusion on the subject, I thought it would be a good idea to address it and hopefully answer some of your queries and more importantly, prevent you from receiving costly fines.
Now that all the festivities and end of year taxes are finally out of the way, we can breathe a little easier and get back to reality. Priority? Making sure our businesses stay on track and implement improvements for the upcoming year. Did you find time to make any resolutions? I’m sure that you diligent, dedicated people have made time to sit down and plan ahead but just in case I’m wrong, here are a few that will hopefully help you get organized and become even more successful before the year is out so take note…
