COMITÉ ESPAÑOL DE REPRESENTANTES DE PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDAD

CERMI

La misión del CERMI, establecida y asumida por sus entidades miembro, consiste en articular y vertebrar al movimiento social de la discapacidad, para desde la cohesión y la unidad del sector, y respetando siempre el pluralismo inherente a un segmento social tan diverso, desarrollar una acción política representativa en defensa de los derechos e intereses de las personas con discapacidad, tanto colectiva como individualmente. El CERMI traslada ante los poderes públicos, los distintos agentes y operadores, y la sociedad, mediante propuestas constructivas, articuladas y contrastadas técnicamente, las necesidades y demandas del grupo de población de la discapacidad, asumiendo y encauzando su representación, convirtiéndose en interlocutor y referente del sector, para promover la no discriminación, la igualdad de oportunidades, la emancipación social y, en general, la mejora de las condiciones de vida de las ciudadanas y ciudadanos españoles con discapacidad y de sus familias.

Lobbying Activity

Response to VAT rates proposal

14 Mar 2018

CONCLUSIONS As a conclusion of the above and from the disability sector, we would like to urge european legislator to have in mind that any extra cost derived from a possible increase of VAT rates, will have a negative impact in a group of people that need to face extra costs derived from their disabilty. Besides, we would like to remind that the European Union and the Member States have signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and are engaged to: o ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems (article 9). o promote the availability, knowledge and use of assistive devices and technologies, designed for persons with disabilities, as they relate to habilitation and rehabilitation (article 26). o ensure equal access by persons with disabilities to appropriate and affordable services, devices and other assistance for disability related need (article 28). So, in order to face the planned reform, we would like to urge Legislators to take into consideration the following: • As we have mentioned before, specifically exclude from the application of the general tax rate of those vehicles, different from invalid carriages, which are destinated to transport people with reduced mobility, as well as the repair and adaptation services related to such vehicles. • Clarify subcode 47.00.75 (Retail trade services of medical and orthopaedic goods), in order to give legal security to its application taking into account that by their characteristics, products related to disability in its broader sense, as disability is diverse and there are a wide range specific products, must apply reduced tax rates. • Exclude specifically the hearing aids, as well as their components and accesories, contained in subcode 26.60.14 from the application of the general rate. • Exclude from code 26 on a generic way, the products to be essentially or primarily used by the disabled. • Clarify the consequences of the inclusion of subcode 47.0083 (Retail trade services of photographic, optical and precision equipment, services of opticians) in relation of the products that according to the Spanish tax Law are, in principle with the exception of the application of the superreduced tax rate, taxed at a rate of 10% Furthermore, it is necessary to maintain the current status of the taxation of the social services. In summary, and as it has been stated in this document, legislators have to take into account that the modification of the tax rates cannot imply an aggravation of the taxation of goods and services related to disability, as people with disability must afford extra costs related to their disability conditions. Please view the entire document attached
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