The Council of Ministers today approves the Royal Decree of the youth cultural bonus, of which the maximum distribution that can be made of the total 400 euros for the beneficiaries is already known, as laSexta has learned. Thus, the bonus cannot be applied to a single payment of 400 euros but will be divided into three segments. 200 euros for events, 100 for the purchase of physical products and 100 for digital consumption. A measure that is applied to favor the diversity of consumption.
Who can apply for the cultural bonus?
The draft of the text, published last February on the website of the Ministry of Culture and Sport, regulates the 400-euro bonus from which they can benefit young people who turn 18 during 2022 for the acquisition and enjoyment of products, services and cultural activities.
The government estimates that almost 500,000 young people from all over Spain They can benefit from this aid, included in the General State Budget for 2022 with an item of 210 million euros.
What can the cultural bonus be spent on?
The bond is expected to subsidize live arts, cultural heritage and audiovisual arts: tickets and subscriptions for performing arts, live music, cinema, museums, libraries, exhibitions and scenic, literary, musical or audiovisual festivalsup to a maximum of 200 euros per beneficiary.
In addition, it is collected to subsidize cultural products on physical support: books; magazines, newspapers, or other periodicals; video games, musical scores, discs, CDs, DVDs, or those known as Blu-ray, up to a maximum of 100 euros per beneficiary.
For its part, each beneficiary person may allocate up to 100 euros for digital or online consumption: subscriptions and rentals to musical, reading or audio-reading, or audiovisual platforms, purchase of audiobooks, purchase of digital books (known as e-books), subscription to download multimedia files (known as podcasts), subscriptions to online video games , digital subscriptions to newspapers, magazines or other periodicals.
Products that do not include the cultural bonus
On the contrary, Culture has pointed out that The acquisition of stationery products will not be eligible; curricular textbooks, whether printed or digital; computer and electronic equipment, software, hardware and consumables; art supplies; musical instruments; sports and bullfighting shows; fashion and gastronomy. The bonus will not cover the acquisition of products that have been rated X or pornographic.
How long does the cultural bonus last?
The bonus will be valid during the twelve months following its granting. And it will be for exclusive use in establishments or institutions adhering to the program, which provide services in Spain and which, in a professional and habitual manner, carry out activities of sale or provision of cultural products, activities and services. Those interested in acquiring the status of an entity adhering to the Youth Cultural Voucher must request their membership in the terms and deadlines established in the corresponding call.
How to get the cultural bonus?
The management of the program will be through a specific technological platform, in which the applications will be presented, which will be processed in order of presentation. Once the aid has been granted to the beneficiary, the total amount granted will be paid, in a single payment, in the form of virtual prepaid card.
Exceptionally, a physical card may be issued if the beneficiary does not have a compatible mobile device to contain the aforementioned virtual card, when requested.
The future rule also provides that the Youth Cultural Bonus be compatible with any other subsidy, aid, income or resource from other public administrations.
In the coming months, once the aforementioned Royal Decree has been approved, the calls for the adhesion of the entities that are interested in joining the program and for the application of the aid by the young beneficiaries will be published.
Source: Lasexta
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