{"id":3419,"date":"2026-03-04T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/freelance-registration-mallorca\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:00:03","slug":"freelance-registration-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/freelance-registration-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"Freelance Registration in Mallorca \u2013 Becoming an Aut\u00f3nomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To <strong>work freelance<\/strong> in Mallorca, you must register as an <strong>Aut\u00f3nomo<\/strong> (self-employed\/sole trader). The Spanish system differs significantly from other countries.<\/p>\n<h2>What is an Aut\u00f3nomo?<\/h2>\n<p>The Aut\u00f3nomo is Spain&#8217;s equivalent of a sole trader. You are covered by social security, pay quarterly income tax and manage your own accounting.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NIE number<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Residency<\/strong> (EU citizens: Certificado de Registro)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spanish bank account<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital certificate<\/strong> (recommended)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Registration steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Tax registration (Modelo 036\/037):<\/strong> Register your activity with Hacienda<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social security registration (TA.0521):<\/strong> Register with Seguridad Social<\/li>\n<li>Optional: <strong>Municipal licence<\/strong> depending on activity<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Costs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tarifa Plana:<\/strong> Only <strong>80 euros\/month<\/strong> in the first year (instead of ~300 euros)<\/li>\n<li>Year 2: approx. 230 euros\/month<\/li>\n<li>After: approx. 300-350 euros\/month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This covers <strong>health insurance, pension and unemployment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Tax obligations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quarterly income tax<\/strong> (Modelo 130): 20% of profit<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quarterly VAT<\/strong> (Modelo 303): 21% IVA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual tax return<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gestor or tax advisor?<\/h2>\n<p>Almost essential as an Aut\u00f3nomo. Cost: 80-200 euros\/month for accounting and tax filings.<\/p>\n<h2>SL instead of Aut\u00f3nomo?<\/h2>\n<p>From about 40,000 euros annual profit, forming an <strong>SL (Sociedad Limitada)<\/strong> may be worth it \u2013 Spain&#8217;s equivalent of a limited company. Lower tax rate (25%), but higher setup costs (~3,000 euros).<\/p>\n<p>Find a <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/tax-advisor-mallorca\/\">tax advisor in Mallorca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/moving-to-mallorca\/\">moving to Mallorca guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To work freelance in Mallorca, you must register as an Aut\u00f3nomo (self-employed\/sole trader). The Spanish system differs significantly from other countries. What is an Aut\u00f3nomo? The Aut\u00f3nomo is Spain&#8217;s equivalent of a sole trader. You are covered by social security, pay quarterly income tax and manage your own accounting. Requirements NIE number Residency (EU citizens:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finanzen-steuern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}