Tax

Unfortunately, paying tax is such a large part of being self employed that I decided it deserves its own page. Feel free to read the articles in the suggested reading order below or at random.

Freelancers

1. What is the cost of going self-employed in Spain?
2. Signing up as self employed in Spain
   • Signing on as self employed at the Seguridad Social
   • Signing on as self employed at the Hacienda
   • Signing up as self-employed if you’re from abroad
   • Signing up to do your tax online
3. Do I have to sign up as self-employed? (opinion piece)
   • The limit you have to earn before signing on as self-employed
   • One way to avoid the paperwork: working for a cooperative
4. The different taxes self-employed people in Spain have to pay
   • What is the IRPF (income tax), and how is it paid?
   • European VAT rates for Digital Service providers
5. Which forms will you need to fill in as self-employed?
   • Declaring IRPF: filling in trimestral Modelo 130
   • Declaring IRPF: filling in annual Modelo 100 (the “Declaración de la Renta”)
   • Declaring VAT: filling in trimestral Modelo 303
   • Declaring VAT: filling in annual Modelo 390
   • Self-employed people hiring other self-employed people: filling in Modelo 111
6. How to write a “factura” (invoice)
   • Writing a factura for clients from abroad
7. Tax Profiles:
   • Private language teachers in Spain
   • Tax for bloggers, instagrammers, YouTubers, etc.

Employed people

1. The declaración de la renta
2. Income tax rates