Extension of the Kit Digital Program.

A few months ago, we let you know that all Kit Digital calls for applications for SMEs and self-employed workers in Segments I, II, and III were now open.

The application period for the first Kit Digital call ended on March 15, the second call closed on September 2, and the Segment III call closed on October 20.
Now, following the latest information from the Government, and as Red.es has indicated, the application deadline for the Digital Voucher (Bono Digital) has been extended.
As a result, SMEs and self-employed workers with fewer than 50 employees may apply for their Kit Digital until December 31, 2024.
Kit Digital is a financial aid program funded by the European Union through the Next Generation funds, with the aim of achieving the digitalization of self-employed workers and SMEs.
Who can benefit?
Kit Digital is aimed at SMEs and self-employed workers with between 1 and 49 employees who meet the requirements set by the Government.
These businesses may receive a voucher for up to a maximum of €12,000 in aid, depending on the segment they fall into. They must use it to digitalize their businesses by choosing the Kit Digital digitalization solutions that best suit their business needs.
• Segment I: 10 to 49 employees → €12,000
• Segment II: 3 to 9 employees → €6,000
• Segment III: 0 to 2 employees and self-employed workers → €2,000
Which businesses are excluded from Kit Digital?
The following may not be beneficiaries of the Digital Voucher:
• Individuals or legal entities that are Registered Digitalizing Agents (Agentes Digitalizadores Adheridos), or those with which such agents contract or subcontract for the provision of digitalization solutions.
• Public-sector companies and public-law entities.
• Professional associations (Colegios profesionales), civil-law partnerships (sociedades civiles), joint ownership arrangements (comunidades de bienes), homeowners’ associations under the horizontal property regime (comunidades de propietarios en régimen de propiedad horizontal), or any other type of economic unit or separate estate lacking legal personality.
• Self-employed persons who are classified as corporate self-employed workers (autónomos societarios).
• Collaborating self-employed workers (autónomos colaboradores), as defined in the applicable regulations.
• Temporary business associations (uniones temporales de empresas, UTEs).
In addition, the second and third Kit Digital calls also exclude individuals or legal entities that have already obtained beneficiary status under any of the Kit Digital Program calls.
Application deadline extended to December 2024
Self-employed workers and businesses with fewer than 50 employees may apply for Kit Digital aid until December 2024.
Requirements businesses must meet
To be eligible for the Kit Digital voucher, Segment I businesses must meet the following requirements:
• Be small businesses or self-employed workers with their tax domicile in Spanish territory.
• Qualify as a small business or micro-enterprise.
• Be registered in the Register of Businesses, Professionals, and Withholding Agents (Censo de empresarios, profesionales y retenedores) of the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) or in the equivalent register of the Foral tax authorities (Administración Tributaria Foral), which must reflect the economic activity actually carried out as of the date of the aid application, and have been registered for at least 6 months.
• If there has been a change from the Register of Businesses, Professionals, and Withholding Agents to that of the Foral tax authorities, or vice versa, the period of registration in both will be taken into account.
• Not qualify as a company in difficulty (empresa en crisis).
• Be up to date with tax and Social Security obligations.
• Not be subject to an outstanding recovery order following a prior European Commission decision declaring aid unlawful and incompatible with the common market.
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The company must not be subject to any of the other prohibitions set out in Article 13.2 of Law 38/2003, of November 17, the General Law on Subsidies.
• Not exceed the de minimis aid ceiling.
• Have completed the Digital Maturity Level assessment, in accordance with the diagnostic test available on the Acelera pyme platform.
How to apply for Kit Digital aid
1. Register in the private area of acelerapyme.es and complete the digital self-diagnosis test, which takes no more than 10 minutes.
2. Review the available information on the Kit Digital Program’s digitalization solutions, where one or more of the solutions listed in the catalog available at acelerapyme.es may be selected.
3. Apply for the aid through the Red.es electronic office (https://sede.red.gob.es).
Once it has been verified that the business meets the requirements, the digital voucher is granted. The beneficiary may consult at acelerapyme.es the catalog of basic digitalization solutions offered by the Kit Digital Program and the catalog of digitalizing agents. The beneficiary must select one or more digitalizing agents with which to develop the digitalization solutions that best suit its business needs and enter into the “agreements for the provision of digitalization solutions.”
The aid is awarded on a non-competitive basis (concurrencia no competitiva) and will be granted directly, on a first-come, first-served basis, once compliance with the requirements set out in the call has been verified.
What digital solutions are available?
Once the aid has been granted, the service provider and the self-employed worker have a maximum of 6 months to implement it. If the aid is not used within that period, the right to it will be lost.
The available solutions are detailed below:
• Website and basic Internet presence, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service.
• E-commerce, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service.
• Social media management, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service.
• Customer management, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service, including only one user.
• Business Intelligence and Analytics, up to €1,500 with 12 months of service, including only one user.
• Process management, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service, including only one user.
• E-invoicing, up to €1,000 with 12 months of service and one user.
• Virtual office services and tools, with 12 months of service and up to €250 per user, with a maximum of two users.
• Secure communications, with 12 months of service and up to €125 per user, with a maximum of two users.
• Cybersecurity, with 12 months of service and up to €125 per device, with a maximum of two devices.
• Advanced Internet presence, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service.
• Marketplace, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service.