Government and freelancers approach positions on the quotation brackets but issues remain to be closed

MADRID, 19 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration and the self-employed associations have given the go-ahead to the new contribution brackets for self-employed workers, although the agreement on the new Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA) has not yet been finalized. closed, as sources of the negotiation have informed Europa Press.

The Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), the Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers (UPTA) and the Union of Associations of Self-Employed Workers and Entrepreneurs (Uatae) have approved the new 15 sections proposed by the José Luis Escrivá portfolio.

Until now, Uatae was the most reluctant to take the price brackets for granted, since it requested reductions in the lower brackets, which are already contemplated in the new price tables to which Europa Press has had access.

The new document establishes for 2023 a quota of 230 euros per month --seven euros less than in the last proposal-- for the self-employed with earnings of less than 670 net euros, and they go up to 500 euros per month for the maximum section, in the that are those self-employed workers with net monthly income of more than 6,000 euros. The quotas will be adjusted in 2024 and 2025.

The president of Uatae, María José Landaburu, reported this Tuesday that an agreement has been reached by having "managed to lower the fees for people with the most difficulties" and "improve the benefit for cessation of activity for everyone".

In addition, the board of directors of Uatae, meeting this Monday, considered the latest Social Security proposal "acceptable", as it has pointed out in a statement.

From UPTA they are also satisfied with the last text sent by the Social Security, so the rest of the social partners are now waiting for the response from ATA.

This association maintains that there is agreement regarding the sections, but points out that there are "pending fringes" that prevent, for the moment, concluding the negotiations.

Along the same lines, the portfolio led by José Luis Escrivá has not yet confirmed the existence of a definitive agreement on the new RETA, since they do not have "proof that all the associations agree."

The Government and the autonomous began negotiations on this issue in January, to comply with Component 30 of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) and recommendation 5 of the Toledo Pact.