Most of the self-employed are not in favor of assimilating their contribution bases to their real income

According to a recent survey by the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), the majority of professionals, 62 %, are opposed to assimilating their contribution base to their real income.

Although a priori it is one of the most recurring controversies in recent years in the autonomous world, as the new Minister of Labor has also recently stated, the truth is that the statistics turn their backs on these proclamations. Assimilate the contribution bases to real income, far from being a demand, it is rejected by six out of ten self-employed workers. This is confirmed, at least, by a recent survey carried out by the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA) collected in the online newspaper El Independent.

Most professionals (62.1%) are against assimilating their contribution base to their real income because they believe that this would mean an increase in their quota, while a smaller percentage, 22%, is in favor of this measure . This percentage has increased significantly significantly from the 59% of the previous barometer.

Remember that, currently, the self-employed can freely choose their contribution base, recently modified with the approval of the General State Budget. The 85% of the self-employed natural person contributes for the minimum base, so that all those professionals with income above that base would have to assume an increase in social contributions that would reduce their net income.

However, the truth is that it is a problem of great importance for the self-employed with lower incomes, who have to assume a minimum fee regardless of their real income. This circumstance causes unfair circumstances that mean that many activities are not carried out or become part of a new business within the underground economy, despite the possibility of billing without being self-employed, a possibility that Social Security has not made clear.

In any case, the ATA survey reveals that the group of self-employed professionals does not like this initiative. In fact, a third of the self-employed advocate lowering contributions and 34% for reducing VAT, measures contrary to a hypothetical increase in social contributions as a result of assimilating the base to real income.