If you are starting to work as a self-employed, we must be informed immediately upon the beginning of the activity, for you to be covered as self-employed worker.
How to open a self-employed file at the NII?
New service for the self-employed! Opening a self-employed file with both the Tax Authority and the National Insurance in a single digital procedure
- If you have not yet opened a self-employed file with the Tax Authority - you will be able to open a file with the Tax Authority as well as the National Insurance by means of a single digital procedure.
How does it work? When you open a file on the Tax Authority website, you need to you have to mark that you also wishes to open a file with the National Insurance, fill out the required details, and your request will be transferred to the systems of the National Insurance which will open a file for you. The service is also designed for those wishing to open a file for exempt dealer (VAT). - If you have already opened a file with the Tax Authority and need to open a file with the National Insurance alone - you have to fill out a multi-annual report form. You can fill out this form online on our website or by hand and send it to us through the document delivery service on the website.
Please note,
- On the form, you must fill personal information and information regarding the expected scope of activity.
- Based on these details, the rate of insurance contributions you are to pay will be determined.
Eligibility for benefits
The self-employed will receive a benefit from the National Insurance Institute according to his fulfillment of the conditions of entitlement to each benefit.
Important information! We will review benefit eligibility only for those who are registered with the Institute as self-employed worker and who pay insurance contributions in time.
Concerning people who incur a debt towards the Institute, it might be prejudicial to their eligibility to benefits, it is therefore to keep insurance contributions payment up to date.
- Self-employed woman - an arrear of insurance contributions will deny entitlement to maternity allowance.
- Self-employed workers - eligibility for work-injury allowance is subject to registration as self-employed prior to the accident.
Statement regarding expected income
- We are aware that at the time you open a file it is challenging to evaluate the scope of working hours and expected income. However, it is very important to state an estimation as accurate as possible since your coverage will depend on the amount of income indicate in your statement.
For instance, if you are victim of an injury at work, the work injury benefit you will receive may be based on your disclosed income, even if your actual earnings are higher. - The statement of income may be modified once per quarter (three months), and we will update advance payments accordingly - for more information about advance payments modification, click here.
- By the end of the year, if your incomes are lower than stated, we will return insurance contributions paid in excess, and if they are higher, you will be asked to pay the balance of insurance contributions.