Self-employed reform: the first to be addressed by the new government

The Law, which is being developed for urgent processing before the end of this month of November in the Congress of Deputies, affects more than three million workers,

Ciudadanos and the Popular Party are already working on the first reform of the new Government. The Comprehensive Law for the Self-Employed provides for a series of urgent measures, for immediate application, aimed at reducing the administrative burdens of the self-employed and improving their social protection. But what exactly are the measures that the new legislation will promote?

There are currently 8 lines of work that political representatives have set out to establish the bases of the new Law:
1.-Adjust the payment of Social Security contributions based on the days worked, and not by months as is done now. In addition, up to four changes per year of the contribution base will be allowed.
2.-Extend the reduced fee of 50 euros for new self-employed workers from 6 months to one year
3.-Eliminate the payment of Social Security contributions during maternity leave and equate the economic benefits of self-employed mothers who return to their activity in the two years following childbirth to those of workers who contribute to the general regime.
4.-Include vehicle maintenance costs and electricity and water supplies in the personal income tax deduction for self-employed workers

In parallel, a Subcommittee will be created in the Employment Commission of the Congress of Deputies that will study the reform of the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA) focused on the following points:
5.- Exemption from paying Social Security contributions if the self-employed person's income is less than the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (SMI)
6.-Flexibility in contributions for part-time or sporadic self-employed workers
7.- Compatibility of self-employment with the receipt of a retirement pension
8.- Equal social benefits for self-employed and employed workers
For its part, the Union of Associations of Self-Employed Workers and Entrepreneurs (UATAE) has positively assessed the agreement and has expressed its support for the measures to be taken, although it considers it only a step forward and calls for improvements in the regulation of dependent self-employed workers.