Kit Digital for companies with between 3 and 10 employees: the application period opens on September 2

The amount these companies will be able to apply for is €6,000. This is a significant sum that will allow many of them to tackle outstanding challenges in becoming more efficient and agile through digitalization.

How much money can I spend?
Companies may submit applications in the following categories:
• Website and internet presence: aid of up to €2,000.
• E-commerce: also aid of up to €2,000.
• Social media management: up to €2,500
• Customer management: up to €2,000.
• BI and analytics: up to €2,000 if the company has between 3 and 9 employees.
• Virtual office services: €250 per employee.
• Process management: up to €2,000 if the company has between 3 and 9 employees.
• Electronic invoicing: up to €1,000.
• Secure communications: €125 per employee.
• Cybersecurity: subsidized at €125 per employee.
• Advanced internet presence: maximum aid of €2,000
• Marketplace: up to €2,000
It should be noted that, following the changes introduced, if hardware is needed to provide the service, and only in that case, it would be covered by the aid, because it forms part of a solution contracted as a service.
How to apply for the Kit Digital
It is important for small businesses to be very clear about which areas are most worthwhile for them to improve and how to invest any aid they receive. The first step is to submit the application.
To do so, a preliminary test must be completed, which will give an idea of the company’s level of digitalization. The company must register with the Acelera Pyme program and complete the self-diagnosis test.
From that point, the company must meet all the requirements. The most important are: having between three and fewer than ten employees; being up to date with its tax and Social Security obligations, supported by the relevant certificates; and not being considered a company in difficulty (empresa en crisis).
To access the application process, the company will need a digital certificate or registration with the Cl@ve system. If the company is not registered with Red.es, it will have to complete the information in the form before starting the application.
The Kit Digital application may also be submitted on the company’s behalf by a voluntary representative. In that case, the company will have to grant an authorization allowing the representative to act in its name.
The company then chooses a Digitalizing Agent (agente digitalizador) and submits the application. Note that the company does not receive the money; instead, payment is made to the Digitalizing Agent responsible for carrying out the work or providing the service.
The company will have to pay the VAT on the invoice issued by the Digitalizing Agent, since the aid does not cover such taxes.
Changes to the regulatory bases
On July 29, Order ETD/734/2022 was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). It introduces significant amendments to the program’s regulatory bases. In summary, the main amendments are as follows:
• Kit Digital eligibility is extended to civil partnerships (sociedades civiles), professional civil partnerships (sociedades civiles profesionales), and farming operations (explotaciones agrarias).
• Two new categories of solutions are added: Advanced Internet Presence and Marketplace. The maximum amount is €2,000 in all segments.
• Expenditure on hardware becomes eligible for aid, provided that it is essential for delivering the solution and is not used for other purposes.
• The period within which the Digitalizing Agent must justify the work is extended to 6 months from validation of the Solutions Provision Agreement (Acuerdo de Prestación de Soluciones).
• Payment to the Digitalizing Agent must be made within a maximum of 3 months once the justification has been verified as correct.
• Headcount will be calculated using the average workforce under the General Social Security Scheme (Régimen General) for the 12 months preceding the date of the aid application. Collaborating self-employed workers (autónomos colaboradores) and corporate self-employed workers (autónomos societarios) registered under the Special Scheme for Self-Employed Workers (Régimen Especial de Trabajadores Autónomos) will also be counted.

What requirements must be met?
Companies and self-employed workers wishing to apply for Kit Digital aid must comply with the General Subsidies Law (Ley General de Subvenciones) and must have completed the Digital Maturity assessment. This assessment is mandatory to access Kit Digital aid.
In addition, self-employed workers and SMEs wishing to apply for the Kit Digital must meet the following requirements:
• Have their tax domicile in Spanish territory and be actively operating.
• Be up to date with their tax and Social Security obligations.
• Not be considered a company in difficulty, not have filed for voluntary insolvency proceedings (concurso voluntario), not be insolvent, and not be under judicial administration.
• Not have been declared at fault in connection with any contract entered into with the public authorities.
• Not have been sentenced by a final judgment to the penalty of losing the right to obtain public subsidies or aid.
• Not be subject to an outstanding recovery order following a previous European Commission decision declaring an aid unlawful or incompatible.
• Not exceed the de minimis aid ceiling (€200,000 over three fiscal years).
• Be registered in the Census of Businesses, Professionals, and Withholding Agents of the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) or in the equivalent census.
• Have been in existence for at least 6 months.