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[Eclectic_2013]

Hi there,

When going self-employed in the UK, it´s possible to start working for yourself straight away, as long as you register as being self-employed within a certain time period, 3 months I seem to remember.

However, here in Spain, is it possible to do this, or can your Autonomo status and tax benefits (compared to being contracted) only start the day when you get your papers ´stamped´, so to speak?

My friend has been working here without an NIE number or official Autonomo status for a month.

Is his only option to stay legal to pay the huge 35% tax without the NIE and then start as Autonomo once all the paperwork gets sorted, or is it possible to include this month´s income in the tax year?

Many thanks

[Grimace420]

And this, dear friends, is why every fucker and his dog does things under the table in Spain.

[Eclectic_2013]

Hi Grimace,

I thought that was more in the past?

Do you mean cash payments?

Are schools really willing to do this nowadays and risk prosecution?

Or do you mean payments into your bank without declaring it, but then there´s a paper trail.

The schools that my friend has come across have been scared to do things under the table...

[Eclectic_2013]

Also, is it possible to backdate, or are you saying that´s off the agenda?

Thanks