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Re:Ask HN: Working remotely in Portugal for an Irish company by sergiosgc on Sunday March 18, 2018 @05:27PM (#16614469)
The equivalent social security rate in spain is 29.8%: http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_1/Trabajadores/CotizacionR...

Spain does the same thing as Portugal, for company workers, where they "hide" part of the social security payment from payment receipts. Companies pay 23.6% and the worker 4.7%. Only the latter appears in the salary receipt, the other is a company expense.

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Re:Ask HN: Working remotely in Portugal for an Irish company by mcjiggerlog on Sunday March 18, 2018 @06:41PM (#16614913)
The above was for being self employed
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Re:Ask HN: Working remotely in Portugal for an Irish company by sergiosgc on Sunday March 18, 2018 @06:48PM (#16614955)
As was my quote of 29.8% (trabajadores autónomos). I posted the link for this exact section.
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Re:Ask HN: Working remotely in Portugal for an Irish company by mcjiggerlog on Sunday March 18, 2018 @07:28PM (#16615141)
I'm not going to claim to understand everything on that page (spanish taxes are complicated!), but nearly all autónomos pay the minimal amount payable, which is 275 euros/month. You can contribute more if you want to get more state pension, don't I don't believe many do.

Edit - it's 29.3% of the base mínima de autónomos - which is about 920 euros a month. Now, I honestly have no idea what that actually means, but it means you pay about 270 euros regardless of what you earn (it's a stupid system that benefits the well-off).

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