Working for a company and freelancing are compatible. It is a multi-activity system. In these cases, the professional must also register as a self-employed worker, that is, in the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA).
The social security portal makes it clear that in cases of multiple activities, the professional must contribute to both regimes, that is, to the public regime, when employed by another person; and in the Special Regime for Independent Workers (RETA) when they do it on their own. In this case, the worker will calculate the advantage of being able to withdraw the coverage to which he already contributes as an employee as a self-employed person.
Thus, the professional is entitled to a refund of 50% of the excess offered, subject to fees paid for contingencies common to both systems.
Likewise, if it is the first time that the worker registers as a freelancer, when starting multiactivity, he can request a contribution base lower than the specified minimum.
Choose Contribution Rule
When it is the first time that the professional registers as an independent employer, he can apply to Social Security for the contribution base he wants. This rule will be between 50% of the minimum contribution base fixed annually in the General State Budget Law during the first eighteen months, and 75% during the following eighteen months, up to the maximum of the rules established for the tax regime. Independent work.
If the activity carried out on a part-time basis and at the same time the activity is started on a self-employed basis, the professional may choose the contribution base from 75% of the minimum contribution base generated annually in the general budget law during the first eighteen months, and by 85% during the following eighteen months, up to the maximum bases established for self-employment.
