Social Security has mistakenly charged the normal minimum fee to the new self-employed, those who registered between January 1 and 9, instead of the 80 euros of the flat rate that would correspond to them, according to sources from Social Security consulted by Europa Press.

The portfolio headed by José Luis Escrivá estimates that this incident has affected some 8,000 people, who will be sent an email in the coming days to inform them of the situation and corrective actions.

The Social Security will shortly make a refund of quotas ex officio to those affected by the difference between the 80 euros that corresponds to them of the flat rate and the invoiced quota. From the Ministry they assure Europa Press that the intention is to resolve it in March and, if possible, before.

In addition, Social Security will correctly calculate the contributions for the month of February and these affected self-employed workers will be charged the exclusive flat rate of 80 euros.

Social Security has also clarified that there is no disparity or error in the January quotas charged to the self-employed on a minimum basis, with the application of the new Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA), which came into force on January 1.

The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations has explained that this first month of application of the new RETA there have been two situations for those self-employed who were contributing on the minimum base at the end of last year.

In this way, an increase of 0.6 percentage points has been applied to self-employed workers who did not request automatic revaluation of their contribution base due to the application of the Intergenerational Equity Mechanism (MEI), so that their contribution base has gone to 299.71 euros.

The other case contemplated by Social Security is that of the self-employed who have requested the automatic revaluation of their contribution base. To these, that 0.6% of the MEI has been applied plus the expected increase in the minimum contribution base of 8.6%, so that their quota has been located at 325.48 euros.

The new contribution system for the self-employed by real income, which will have a transition period of nine years, until 2032, will begin to be applied as of this January 1, with 15 installment tranches that will range from 230 euros to 500 euros and will vary until 2025, based on the net income of self-employed workers.

In 2023, the fee for a self-employed person with net income (income minus expenses) equal to or less than the Minimum Interprofessional Salary will be 230 euros. In 2024, it will be reduced to 225 and in 2025, you will pay 200 euros.

For those with net income of more than 1,300 euros and less than or equal to 1,500 euros, and more than 1,500 euros and less than or equal to 1,700 euros, the fee will remain at 294 euros during the three years.

While in the lower yield tranches the quota also decreases between 2023 and 2025, from net yields above 1,700 euros the quota increases throughout those three years.

Thus, a self-employed person who presents net income above 3,620 euros and up to 4,050 euros, or equal to that amount, (tranche 13) will pay 100 euros more in quota between 2023 and 2025. In 2023, he will begin to pay 390 euros, it will go up to 400 euros in 2024 and to 490 in 2025.

In the last section, the fifteenth, are all the self-employed with net income of more than 6,000 euros. Its quota for this 2023 will be 500 euros, it will rise to 530 euros the following year and it will reach 590 euros in 2025.

After those three years, the Government and social agents will have to agree on the sections for the coming years, until 2032.

The self-employed will have the possibility of changing the section every two months, with a total of six changes per year, to adapt their contribution to the income forecasts at each time of the year and their professional activity.

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