Self-employed workers registered in Galicia since last September 30 have withdrawn payments to Social Security after Xunta introduced at the beginning of the year the “zero quota”, the star measure in the Horizon 2027 Autonomous Promotion Agenda, to revitalize the collective. they will get it. A network of entrepreneurship centers and specialist training will also be promoted through the launch of a Self-Employment Startup Package, which will combine qualifications, advice and investment assistance. It aims to create an environment of autonomous management. “competitive ecosystem” to halt the steady decline of the self-employed.
There are currently 205,600, approximately 31,000 fewer than before the financial crisis It broke out in 2008. They concentrate almost 20% of the membership, reaching 21% and 25% in Ourense and Lugo respectively. The strategy of the Ministry of Employment Promotion and Equality also includes improving the quality of projects undertaken, ensuring their continuity and reducing the high failure rate.
The pandemic has been a bombshell for the self-employed and small business owners in the community. Despite termination compensation and the rest of the direct public injections into different sectors, 21% ended 2020 in the red, three points more than in the previous year (17%). The recovery of the epidemic and the revival of the economy triggered the collective’s turnover, and the percentage of self-employed workers with a negative balance in their activities dropped again to 17.1% in 2021, according to data recently published by Agency Tax. Galicia usually leads asturias Failure rate in Spain (17.3%). But as the pandemic slowly emerged, the situation changed. This place is occupied by Madrid, where more than 17.5% of freelance workers finished 2021 with a gap in their accounts.
Failure rate in the State as a whole – regardless of Basque Country and NavarraThe tax rate, which is usually not included in statistics related to personal income tax due to different tax systems, remained below 15%. The regions with the lowest loss rate of self-employed workers were Extremadura (12.7%), Aragon (12.2%) and La Rioja (11.9%).
Although the number of entrepreneurs is increasing in Galicia, the failure rate is decreasing. Quarantines and restrictions on business activities during the first wave of COVID-19 were the most significant development for many businesses that were lame or whose owners had already reached retirement age. In the first year of coronavirus approximately 6,600 people disappeared, A decline of over 3%. There was a recovery of 1.3% in 2021 (2,600 new), up to 207,089. Approximately 57% are male. By age, the over 55 group stands out: 79,516, i.e. 38% of the total. These are followed by people aged 46-55 with approximately 57,300 people. There are only 3,200 people under the age of 26.
More than one 207,000 top entrepreneurs The vast majority of the 193,600 people analyzed by the Tax Office last year were individual entrepreneurs. The return from economic activities reached 1 billion 931 million euros, an increase of 31% compared to 2020. This is the highest turnover figure since the study was carried out, and is even higher than at the stage before the burst of the real estate bubble (1 billion 832 million euros in 2007, in addition to which there were 20,000 more entrepreneurs than at that time). The average declaration also grew very strongly, from 7,812 euros to 9,970 euros. This amount increases to 12,700 euros for declarations made with direct estimation, and to 10,500 euros for those using modules. In the agricultural estimate, the yield is only around 1,600 euros.
The group adds another 1,500 million (14,400 euros on average) to the income from the business. Those from movable capital reached 84.5 million, and those from real estate reached approximately 132 million. In addition, there are a further 12,500 entrepreneurs classified as having imputed income, with an average return of €12,500 in 2021.
88% of business owners closed 2021 with a profit. The volume of positive returns for mussel producers reaches 96% and 91% in the energy and water sector. Inside commerce, restaurants and accommodation This rate was 81%, as in construction. In the category of professionals, those related to activities predominate. financial, legal, insurance and leasing. 90% made money.
Which ones pay more taxes due to their economic activities?
The average attributable effective rate was 19.6%; The highest rate among professionals associated with the energy, water, mining and chemical industry sectors was 27%; and at least 9.9% for agriculture and livestock entrepreneurs. So which communities pay more? Madrid, which has so far exceeded 26% of the effective rate attributable to the group, is four points above the national average (21.7%). Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura have the lowest rates: 16.8% and 19% respectively.