Information to determine net income
We inform you of what you need to know to determine the net return.
With effect from January 1, 2023, a new Social Security contribution system is established for self-employed workers or freelancers based on annual net income obtained in the exercise of all their economic, business or professional activities, as an individual or as a partner or member of any type of entity.
The computable net income of each of the activities carried out will be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the IRPF regulations and with some particularities depending on the group to which they belong.
If you want to consult the data of the IRPF declaration provided by the Tax Agency to Social Security, you can do so by downloading your IRPF certificate
Depending on the method for determining the net income of activity , the net income eligible for the purpose of calculating the contribution rates can be obtained as follows:
The sum of the amount of the following boxes of the Income Tax return:
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Box 0224:“Net return”
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Box 0186:“Social Security contributions or contributions to alternative mutual funds of the activity holder”
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Activities other than agricultural, livestock and forestry
The amount of box 1465: “Prior net income” of the Income Tax return.
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Agricultural, livestock and forestry activities
The amount of box 1539: “Reduced net income” of the Income Tax return.
Obtaining other returns
Box 1577 of the Income Tax return , records the net income attributed to the partner, commoner or participant of the entity . But this box does NOT exactly reflect the computable returns to be taken into account to determine the contribution base .
Depending on the method of determining the net income of the entity's activity under the income attribution regime, the computable net income for the purposes of calculating the contribution rates can be obtained as follows:
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Direct normal estimate
The amount of box 1577 of the Income Tax return.
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Simplified direct assessment
The amount of box 1577 of the Income Tax return.
The amount in box 1579 “Deductible provisions and expenses that are difficult to justify” must be subtracted.
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Modules
To determine the performance, the amount attributable to partner, commoner or participant must be calculated, which is equivalent to the amount that would correspond to him if the activity were carried out individually, that is:
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Activities other than agriculture, livestock and forestry
The amount of box 1465: “Prior net performance” .
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Agricultural, livestock and forestry activities
The amount of box 1539: “Reduced net income” .
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The following will be considered self-employed workers with corporate activities:
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Persons who hold shares representing 33% or more of the share capital of a company.
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Persons who perform management and direction functions in a company, when their shares represent 25% or more of the share capital.
To determine the net income the following will be computed in addition to the income that could be obtained from their own economic activity carried out individually
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Gross income from movable capital, whether monetary or in kind, derived from their status as partners and/or directors.
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Income from work derived from the activity in said entities.
Particular case: For corporate self-employed workers who provide their services to professional entities, the income from their economic activity must be taken into account.
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Working partners of worker cooperatives
For the purposes of determining net income, the gross income from work or movable capital, monetary or in kind, derived from their status as worker members of worker cooperatives will be computed in addition to the income they may obtain from their own economic activity
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Industrial partners in regular general partnerships or limited partnerships.
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Members of property communities and partners of irregular civil companies.
- Working partners of labour companies when their participation in the share capital together with that of their spouse and relatives by consanguinity, affinity or adoption up to the second degree with whom they live reaches at least 50 percent, unless they prove that the exercise of effective control of the company requires the participation of persons outside the family relationships.
For the purposes of determining net income, all gross income from work or movable capital, whether monetary or , derived from their status as partners or joint owners of these entities will be computed in addition to any income they may obtain from their own economic activity.
On the website of the General Treasury of Social Security (www.seg-social.es) you can consult all the information related to the New contribution system for self-employed workers in 2023
Please be advised that, from 1 January 2023, individuals who at any time during the tax period were registered as self-employed workers in the Special for Self-Employed Workers or in the Special Social Security Regime for Sea Workers will be required to file an IRPF return.