OPINION: Spain’s ‘autonomo’ system is outrageous and completely anti-business – the government should be ashamed

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……..