Social Security presents new contribution brackets for the self-employed with quotas between 230 and 590 euros per month

MADRID, 27 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration has proposed this Monday to the negotiating table on the reform of the self-employed contribution system new sections, with fees between 230 euros and 590 euros, according to net returns, as reported in a statement.

José Luis Escrivá's portfolio considers that in Monday's meeting with the social partners "significant progress has been made" and "different contributions on the drafting of the regulatory text" have been exchanged.

The Government's latest approach establishes 15 contribution brackets, with the first for those self-employed with income of less than 670 euros, with a contribution base of 751.63 euros and a fee of 230 euros, which represents a reduction of 64 euros to the month on the current quota. In addition, it is reduced by 15 euros compared to the previous text of the Executive.

The maximum section will be for those self-employed with net income of more than 6,000 euros, with a contribution base of 1,928.10 euros and a fee of 590 euros per month. The Government's proposal also modifies the quota for the income bracket between 4,050 euros and less than 6,000 euros, which remains at 530 euros, compared to the 565 euros proposed in the last Government document.

The 15 sections of the Government start with net returns of less than 670 euros, with a fee of 230 euros; for the self-employed who enter between 670 euros and 900, the fee is set at 250 euros. In the case of self-employed workers with earnings greater than 900 euros and less than 1,125.90, the Government proposes a quota of 270 euros.

The next section is for returns ranging from 1,125.90 euros to 1,300, with a fee of 290 euros. For those who enter more than 1,300 euros, but less than 1,500 euros, their fee will be 294 euros, the same as for net returns between 1,500 and 1,700.

The Government proposes that the self-employed with net income above 1,700 euros and less than 1,850 euros pay a fee of 350 euros, and for those with income between 1,850 and 2,030, the fee is 370 euros.

The fee of 390 euros will be for those self-employed workers with net income of between 2,030 euros and 2,330 euros; that of 415 euros, for net returns that range between 2,330 euros and 2,760 euros; and that of 465 euros for the self-employed with net income of 3,190 euros to 3,620 euros.

For those who enter more than 3,620 euros and less than 4,050, the quota proposed by Social Security is 490 euros; for net returns of between 4,050 euros and less than 6,000 euros, the self-employed fee will be 530 euros; and finally, section 15 for self-employed workers with net income of more than 6,000 euros and a fee of 590 euros.

Negotiation sources consulted by Europa Press point out that this new section proposed by the Executive would begin to be applied in 2025.

The president of the Association of Autonomous Workers (ATA), Lorenzo Amor, said this Monday, before the end of the dialogue table meeting, that the negotiating parties were "very close to a preliminary agreement", in the absence of knowing the final text.

ATA also considers it essential to maintain the flat rate for new self-employed registrations, to start uncovering the bases for those over 47 years of age and the guarantee that the net income is exclusively from the activity carried out by the self-employed.

The president of UPTA, Eduardo Abad, has highlighted that the proposal put forward this Monday by the Ministry "meets the expectations" of his organization to reduce the contribution to Social Security of those self-employed with lower incomes.

Abad has highlighted the savings that this proposal will imply for the self-employed with net income of less than 670 euros per month, since they will pay 767 euros less per year in Social Security contributions.

Those with incomes of less than 900 euros per month would save 525 euros per year; those who do not reach the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) will pay 287 euros less than now and those who present net returns of between 1,125 and 1,300 euros will save 47 euros a year. For the self-employed who earn between 1,300 and 1,700 euros, the monthly fee will remain the same as now: 294 euros.

The president of UPTA has assured that his organization will accept this proposal "as long as it is executed from January 2023" and that the progressive system for the highest sections "can be made more flexible".

Thus, Abad wants the self-employed with lower incomes to be able to benefit immediately from this "substantial" reduction in their contributions to the system and those with medium and high returns "to be able to adjust" to their new contributions.

The Union of Associations of Self-Employed Workers and Entrepreneurs (Uatae) has also observed progress at this Monday's meeting, especially in the reduction of the sections for those with the least income and the restructuring of the intermediate sections. However, they consider this new proposal "insufficient" and have transferred other formulas to the Ministry to "make it possible for lower quotas to be reduced."

For Uatae, it is urgent that this reduction in the lower sections be applied "from the first moment", as they point out to Europa Press.

Uatae also requires that the rule must guarantee "clearly and expressly" that after the end of the transition period, a maximum of 9 years, the contribution for net income will come into force and the tranches will disappear.

From the association chaired by María Jesús Landaburu they insist that the table must still address improvements in social protection, especially in relation to the real and effective cessation of activity, subsidies for the self-employed and self-employed older people and improvements in the conciliation of life personal and family.