Situation as of 24 August 2026
The Kit Digital is not open to new applications. The programme’s five calls closed between December 2024 and October 2025, and Red.es has not published a new one or announced a date.
What has changed is the rules: since January, Order TDF/39/2026 (BOE-A-2026-2070) removes the programme’s closing date and requires the unspent funds to be reinvested in it.
There is one exception worth looking at. If your company submitted an application and was left out solely because the funding had run out, the file can enter a reassignment mechanism without reapplying. We explain it below.
Since January headlines have been circulating that treat the return of the Kit Digital as a done deal, some even with a date. Almost all of them start from a real fact —a change published in the BOE— but tell it badly: they confuse a rule coming into force with the opening of an application window.
Here we separate the one from the other. What exactly changed, who does have something to do right now, what is still undecided and how to get ready to be there on day one if a call is finally made.
What changed with Order TDF/39/2026
On 28 January 2026 Order TDF/39/2026 of 26 January was published in the BOE, amending the programme’s governing terms. It introduces three changes that are worth telling apart clearly.
The programme no longer has an expiry date. Until now it was tied to a specific time horizon. The new wording ties it to the the funds being fully used up, not to the calendar. It is a fundamental change of criterion: while budget remains, the programme is legally alive.
The remaining funds stay within the Kit Digital. Red.es is required to reinvest in the programme itself any unspent budget, even after 2026. The money from vouchers that were waived, expired unredeemed or were not justified does not go back into a general drawer.
Reassignment is enabled for applications that were left out for lack of funding. This is the point with immediate practical effects, and the one almost nobody explains properly. We set it out in the next section.
Why an amendment to the terms is not a call for applications
It is the confusion behind almost all the mistaken headlines, and it is worth understanding.
Governing terms set the programme’s general framework: what it is, who it is aimed at, what it funds and under what rules. A call is the act that actually opens a window, with its budget, its beneficiaries, its dates and its procedure.
Order TDF/39/2026 is the first of these. The second is still missing. Until a specific call is published, there is no new application to submit. If an article announces an opening date and cannot link it to the BOE, the Red.es electronic office or the National Grants Database, it is giving a forecast.
If you were left out because the funding ran out, this affects you
Here is the new development with real consequences, and it only applies to one specific group: companies that did apply at the time and to those who were refused solely because that call’s budget had already run out.
For those cases, the amendment to the terms enables Red.es to put forward new award proposals against the remaining funds, without the applicant having to submit anything again. It is not a reopening of the programme: it is clearing files that were correct and ran out of money.
It is worth being precise about what this no means:
- It does not open a window for anyone who never applied for the voucher.
- It does not rescue refusals on other grounds —incomplete documentation, deadline, unmet requirements—.
- It does not guarantee an award: it depends on the funding that finally exists.
What to do if you think this applies to you. Retrieve the refusal decision and check the exact reason stated in it. If it literally refers to the budget funding running out, your file falls within this scenario and the sensible thing is to keep it to hand and watch out for communications from Red.es. If the reason is a different one, this mechanism does not reach you and you will have to wait for a possible new call.
| Verification note: confirm the literal wording of the relevant article in the text published in the BOE before making decisions. If you have questions about how to interpret your decision, ask us. |
The five calls and their closing dates
Red.es opened five calls in three years. None is still open.
| Call. | Aimed at | Publication | Closing |
| I | Segment I — from 10 to fewer than 50 employees | 28/02/2022 | 31/12/2024 |
| II | Segment II — from 3 to fewer than 10 employees | 02/08/2022 | 31/12/2024 |
| III | Segment III — from 0 to fewer than 3 employees | 05/10/2022 | 31/10/2025 |
| IV | Jointly owned entities, civil-law partnerships and farms (segments I, II and III) | 20/07/2023 | 31/10/2025 |
| V | Segments IV and V — from 50 to fewer than 250 employees | 10/12/2024 | 30/06/2025 |
Call IV was opened specifically for legal forms that until then fell outside the programme despite the interest they had shown.
Voucher amounts by segment
These are the amounts under the terms currently in force. A new call would confirm its own when published.
| Segment | Headcount | Voucher amount |
| III | From 0 to fewer than 3 employees and self-employed | 3.000 € |
| II | From 3 to fewer than 10 employees | 6.000 € |
| I | From 10 to fewer than 50 employees | 12.000 € |
| IV | From 50 to fewer than 100 employees | 25.000 € |
| V | From 100 to fewer than 250 employees | 29.000 € |
The voucher covers 100% of the cost of the solution excluding VAT. The beneficiary bears the VAT, which is deductible on their return. The payment goes directly to the Digitizing Agent, so the company does not front any money.
At Proment Consulting we are accredited as Digitizing Agents in every solution category in the catalogue except Secure Workstation, and we work throughout Spain.
Why there are funds left and why nobody can give you the figure
It is the most repeated question and the one that has produced the most made-up figures.
The programme has a budget of 3,067 million euros from the NextGenerationEU funds. Red.es has awarded a volume of grants above that figure, something that only adds up because part of the vouchers awarded never gets used: they expire unredeemed, are waived or are not justified. That gap between what has been awarded and what has actually been spent is exactly the remaining funding the order requires to be reinvested.
That said, calculating its amount from outside is not rigorously possible, because a distinction has to be made between concepts that are not interchangeable:
- allocated budget
- grants awarded
- grants paid
- grants justified
- files withdrawn or abandoned
- funding finally spent
Red.es publishes a regularly updated data dashboard, but not a figure for “funds available for a new call”. Any article giving you that number is estimating it, even if it does not say so.
What is still undefined
- Whether there will be a new general call or whether the remaining funds will go only to reassigning files already submitted.
- When. No date has been published in any official source.
- Which segments it would include. The previous calls opened by workforce band; a new one could keep that criterion or change it.
- Whether companies that were never beneficiaries will be able to apply, and on what terms.
- Which catalogue of solutions would be in force.
What does set the pace is the European calendar: NextGenerationEU funds are subject to Recovery Plan delivery milestones, and that pressure is real. It explains why the Ministry has left the regulatory framework ready, but it does not amount to an opening date.
The four grounds for refusal we have come across most
As Kit Digital Digitizing Agents and Kit Consulting Agents of Change since both programmes began, we file applications on our clients’ behalf as voluntary representatives. That position has given us a fairly concrete view of why a file falls through.
It is no coincidence that the four problems we see most often coincide with the checks Red.es has automated: the number of workers, the definition of an SME, being up to date with the Tax Agency and Social Security, and the representation form. The system resolves most correct files within a few days, but by the same token it does not forgive a figure that does not add up.
1. The declared segment is not the right one
It is by far the most common problem. The company states the segment it thinks applies based on its current headcount, but the figure that counts for the Administration is the average headcount calculated under the programme’s criteria, not the number of workers today. With five segments and considerable jumps in amount between them, a mistake here changes the grant or sinks the application.
How we solve it: before submitting anything, we always ask for the average workforce certificate from the General Treasury of the Social Security. It is the real figure and the only one that avoids a surprise. It is a quick procedure and saves a problem that arrives late.
2. Undeclared associated or linked companies
The headcount and turnover calculation is not done on the applicant company alone: the figures of associated or linked companies must be added under the European definition of an SME. We have come across companies that exceeded their segment’s limits once their holdings were added in, without being aware of it.
On several occasions this has forced the submission of a correction, simply because the existence of the group had not been mentioned to us in the first conversation. It is information worth putting on the table from the outset.
3. Debts with the Administration
Being up to date with the Tax Agency and Social Security is a requirement, and the system checks it automatically. In our experience there have been few such cases, but it is a two-minute check that avoids a certain refusal.
4. The voluntary representation document not filed
For us to submit the application on the company’s behalf we need a voluntary representation document formalized beforehand. It is not complicated, but is a prior step, not a simultaneous one. If the call opens and that paperwork is not done, days are lost. And in a programme where grants are awarded in order of arrival until the budget runs out, days matter.
What you can do today
- If your voucher was refused, retrieve the decision and check the exact reason. It is the first step in knowing whether you fall within the reassignment mechanism.
- Apply to the TGSS for the average headcount certificate. You will know for certain which segment you are in.
- Review your company structure. If you hold stakes in or share shareholders with other companies, check how it affects the SME calculation before the Administration does.
- Check that you are up to date with the Tax Agency and Social Security, and that your tax registration is up to date.
- Get the voluntary representation document formalized if you are going to delegate the paperwork.
- Register with Acelera Pyme and complete the digital self-assessment test.
- Decide which solutions you really need. Arriving with the project defined is what lets you apply on day one instead of improvising once the window is open.
One more piece of advice: do not sign hiring commitments conditional on a grant that does not yet exist. If someone offers to “secure” your voucher or gives you a date they cannot link to an official source, be wary.
How to check it yourself
- BOE — where the terms and the calls are published.
- Red.es electronic office — where the windows open and applications are submitted.
- National Grants Database — where every call for public grants is recorded.
- Kit Digital data dashboard — official spending figures, updated regularly.
If a call does not appear in the first three, it does not exist.
Frequently asked questions
Can the Kit Digital be applied for right now?
No. The programme’s five calls are closed and no new one has been published.
Has the Kit Digital gone for good?
No. Order TDF/39/2026 removed its closing date and keeps it in force until the funds are fully used up. Whether there is an open window to apply is another matter, and today there is not.
My voucher was refused because the budget ran out. Do I have to apply again?
Under the amendment to the terms, no: Red.es can put forward new award proposals on those files against the remaining funds. Check in your decision that this was exactly the reason.
How much money is left in the Kit Digital?
There is no official figure for the funds remaining. The programme’s overall budget is 3,067 million euros, but the unspent credit is not published as such.
Can I apply if I was already a beneficiary?
As a general rule you do not get the voucher twice for the same segment. If the company has grown and changed segment there may be different scenarios, but it will depend on what the call that is published lays down.
When will the new call open?
There is no official date published as of today. Any date you read is a forecast.
In short
The Kit Digital has neither died nor come back: it has changed phase. January’s rules removed its expiry date, required the unspent funds to be reinvested and opened the door to reassigning grants to files that were left out for lack of funding.
What does not yet exist is a new call. Without one there is no window, no allocated budget, and nothing to apply for. We prefer to put it that way, even if it is less eye-catching than announcing a return with a date.
There is, however, one group with concrete homework today: anyone who submitted an application and was left out solely because the funding ran out. And for everyone else, the advantage lies not in waiting better informed, but in arriving prepared.
Do you want to be ready when the call is published?
At Proment Consulting we have been Kit Digital Digitizing Agents and Kit Consulting Agents of Change since both programmes began, and we work throughout Spain. We file the application as voluntary representatives, so the company does not have to deal with the procedure.
We can help you review your refusal decision if you had one, check your real segment, verify whether your company structure affects the SME calculation and define which digitization solutions fit what your business needs.
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