A solution to a situation of unemployment can be the start of an activity as a self-employed worker, which has traditionally been called ‘becoming self-employed’. Thanks to the growing telematic resources of the Social Security, it is now possible to solve this procedure online, without having to go to any office of the organization. A detail to take into account in times of pandemic.
As explained by Social Security, the way to do it is through Import@ss, the agency’s online portal for procedures that dedicates a special section for everything related to the services of self-employed professionals.
In the ‘Registration for self-employment’ service, citizens interested in becoming self-employed can start the procedures, although to do so they must have a digital certificate (), Cl@ve () or via SMS whenever they are with Social Security.
If you have any of these access methods, you can register as a freelancer through Import@ss. The Social Security explains what documentation the worker must have at the time of beginning the registration in the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers:
-Have assigned a Social Security Number. This is essential for anyone starting an employment relationship. if it is not already in your possession.
-The tax data, the Economic Activities Tax Code and the corresponding Tax Administration.
-The contribution base that has been chosen (there is a minimum and maximum base among which the self-employed can select the one they want) that will determine the payment of the quotas, which. However, if it is an initial registration, the self-employed person will be entitled to bonuses. The system will give you the option to do so automatically.
-The Mutual Collaborator that will cover the worker in his activity.
-The bank account in which the fees and the SEPA mandate will be domiciled.
-The date on which the activity will begin and the address where it will take place.
What is the deadline to register as a freelancer?
This last section is important, since the registration in self-employment must be done within the corresponding deadlines so as not to lose the right to the bonuses of the initial stage, key in that period in which income is not yet stable.
the Social Security makes it clear that the registration as self-employed must be done during the 60 days prior to the start of the activity that is going to be carried out, including the same day it starts.
Otherwise, the self-employed person still has the option to do so during the 30 days following the start of the activity, but the registration will be considered to have taken place after the deadline and will therefore lose the right to the flat rate. In addition, you will have to pay the fee corresponding to the entire month, since it will be understood that the registration date is the first day of the month, regardless of when it occurs.
Social Security explains that registration as a self-employed worker is mandatory, since the worker’s coverage depends on it and that he or she is entitled to receive pensions and other benefits in the future. Specifically, it is mandatory for people who carry out “an economic activity in a personal and habitual way regardless of the income that the activity generates”.
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