Application period now open for SMEs with 10 to 49 employees to apply for their Digital Voucher

The day has finally arrived: the application period is now open for SMEs and self-employed workers with between 10 and 49 employees to apply for aid under Red.es's Kit Digital program. On March 15, the call for applications opened for businesses with 10 to 49 employees, which will be able to obtain up to €12,000.

The application process is simple and does not commit you to anything: if you ultimately do not use the aid, the Ministry will reallocate it to another call for applications.

What is the Kit Digital?

The Kit Digital is a program of financial aid to promote the digitalization of SMEs and self-employed workers. The funding comes from the European Union, specifically from the Next Generation EU funds.

For further information, we recommend reviewing the Regulatory Bases for the Granting of Digitalization Aid, although we discuss the most noteworthy points below.

Requirements to apply for the Kit Digital

Bear in mind that, to be able to apply for the Kit Digital, all of the requirements listed below must be met:

• The beneficiaries must be small enterprises, microenterprises, and self-employed individuals, whose tax domicile must be located in Spain.

• Being registered in the register of businesspersons, professionals, and withholding agents (censo de empresarios, profesionales y retenedores) of the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) or in the equivalent register of the competent regional (foral) tax authority. This register must reflect the activity carried on as of the date of the aid application, as well as a minimum length of registration, which will be established in the calls for applications.

• Not being considered an undertaking in difficulty.

• Being up to date with tax and Social Security obligations.

• Not being subject to an outstanding recovery order following a previous decision of the European Commission declaring an aid unlawful and incompatible with the common market.
• Not being subject to any of the other prohibitions set out in the General Subsidies Law (Ley General de Subvenciones). In this regard, this will affect businesses that may be presumed to be a continuation of other businesses that were subject to any of those prohibitions.

• Not exceeding the de minimis aid ceiling taking into account other possible aid, in line with Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.

• Having completed the Digital Maturity Level assessment, in accordance with the diagnostic test available on the Acelera pyme platform.

Amounts of aid offered by the Kit Digital

Small enterprises with between 10 and fewer than 50 employees may apply for aid up to a maximum amount of €12,000:

• Website and online presence: up to €2,000.

• E-commerce: up to €2,000.

• Social media management: up to €2,500.

• Customer management: up to €4,000.

• Business intelligence and analytics: up to €4,000.

• Virtual office services and tools: up to €12,000.

• Process management: up to €6,000.

• Electronic invoicing: up to €1,000.

• Secure communications: up to €6,000.

• Cybersecurity: up to €6,000.

How to apply for the Kit Digital voucher

For the time being, only businesses with between 10 and fewer than 50 employees may apply for the aid, and they will have until 11:00 a.m. on September 15, 2022, to:

1. Register in the private area of www.acelerapyme.es and complete the self-diagnostic test, which takes no more than 10 minutes.

2. Review the information available on the digitalization solutions of the Kit Digital program, where one or more of the solutions offered by the digitalizing agents may be chosen.

3. Apply for the aid at the electronic office of Red.es (sede.red.gob.es).

Once the aid has been granted

1. Access the catalog of participating digitalizing agents on www.acelerapyme.es and select the agent with which you wish to develop the digital solutions.

2. Contact the digitalizing agents and sign the “digitalization solutions provision agreement.”

Interested businesses can check their level of digitalization on the official website www.acelerapyme.es by means of a “self-diagnostic test,” consult the “catalog of digitalizing agents” and the digitalization solutions of the Kit Digital program, find their nearest Acelera pyme Office, and access useful content to improve and strengthen their digitalization. They can also access all the information and receive advice by calling 900 909 00