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Spain’s treatment of its self-employed is beyond a farce.
The autonomo system, supposedly designed to support freelancers, entrepreneurs and sma
Laurence Dollimore has been covering news in Spain for almost a decade. The London-born expat is NCTJ-trained and has a Gold Star Diploma in Multimedia Journalism from the prestigious News Associates. Laurence has reported from Spain for some of the UK's biggest titles, including MailOnline, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Sun and the Sun Online. He also has a Master's Degree in International Relations from Queen Mary University London.
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The costs for autonomos is a little crazy. Having been one is was a bureaucratic nightmare. Thank God for a good gestor! But what we forget is that for all those fees you great free healthcare and a pension. There’s also another endemic problem in Spain. The grey economy. Where I live near Cadiz cheating the government is a national sport. The result is the government is always on the short end when it comes to tax collection. We, the good guys, pay for the tax cheaters in high fees and taxes. They need to start some real enforcement to kill the under the table transactions. A few high profile cases and jail terms……..