# Pluriactividad: work on your own while you have a job > You can keep a job and work on your own at the same time in Euskadi. What you still register, how the fee works, and the 2026 refund. - Page: https://autonomo.eus/steps/pluriactividad - Part: Part C: Become an autónomo - For: People who also have a job - Last checked: 22 October 2026 **Yes. You can be employed and an autónomo at the same time.** Social Security calls this *pluriactividad*. It works the same way in Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Álava, because Social Security is a State service. Your Hacienda Foral still depends on where you live. ## Before you start - A job in which you already pay Social Security as an employee - [Your Social Security number](https://autonomo.eus/steps/social-security-number) - The same documents as any other registration: [your Hacienda Foral](https://autonomo.eus/steps/register-hacienda) and [Social Security](https://autonomo.eus/steps/register-social-security) ## What you still register A job does not replace either registration. - You still file the census form with the Hacienda Foral of the territory where you live: modelo 037 in Álava, modelo 036 in Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa. See [Register with your Hacienda Foral](https://autonomo.eus/steps/register-hacienda). - You still register in the self-employed scheme (*alta en el RETA*) in Import@ss, with the same start date. See [Register with Social Security](https://autonomo.eus/steps/register-social-security). - You still invoice with TicketBAI from your first invoice. See [Set up TicketBAI invoicing](https://autonomo.eus/steps/ticketbai). - Your employer keeps paying the contributions for your job. You pay the autónomo fee as well. ## Your fee Your autónomo fee uses the net income you expect from the self-employed work, not your salary. See [Understand your monthly fee](https://autonomo.eus/steps/monthly-fee). You can ask for the flat fee (*tarifa plana*) of €88.64 a month if you qualify. That rule looks at whether you were registered as an autónomo in the last 2 years, or 3 years if you had the flat fee before. Your job does not, by itself, remove the flat fee. ## The 2026 refund In 2026, add up the common-contingency contributions from both activities: what you pay in the RETA, plus what you and your employer pay for your job. If that total is over €17,323.68, Social Security refunds 50% of the excess. The refund cannot be more than 50% of the common-contingency contributions you paid in the RETA. Social Security pays it within 4 months of the yearly correction of your autónomo fees. It asks you for details only when it cannot work the figure out itself. You do not file a separate form to claim it. This is article 18.8 of Orden PJC/297/2026, which applies article 313 of the General Social Security Law. ## The old reduced base Some guides still say that a new autónomo in pluriactividad can choose 50% of the minimum contribution base for 18 months, then 75% (or 75% then 85% if the job is part-time). That was the old article 313.2. Real Decreto-ley 13/2022 removed it from 1 January 2023. The current article 313 is the refund above, not a reduced base. If someone quotes those percentages, ask them to show the current consolidated article. ## Common mistakes - Skipping the RETA because you already pay Social Security through your job. - Counting your salary as the income that sets the autónomo fee. - Following a guide that still offers the reduced base removed in 2023. ## Questions - **Can I be autónomo and keep my job in the Basque Country?** Yes. Register with your Hacienda Foral and with Social Security, on top of the job you already have. - **Is the fee different in Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Álava?** No. The fee and this refund are State rules. Only the tax registration differs by territory. - **Do I get the tarifa plana as well?** You do if you were not registered as an autónomo in the last 2 years, or 3 years if you had the flat fee before. See [Understand your monthly fee](https://autonomo.eus/steps/monthly-fee). ## Official sources - [Orden PJC/297/2026, article 18.8: the 2026 pluriactividad refund](https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-7296) - [Ley General de la Seguridad Social, article 313 (consolidated text)](https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2015-11724) - [Real Decreto-ley 13/2022, which rewrote article 313 from 1 January 2023](https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-12482) - [Import@ss: Alta en trabajo autónomo](https://portal.seg-social.gob.es/wps/portal/importass/importass/Categorias/altas%2C+bajas+y+modificaciones/altas+y+afiliacion+de+trabajadores/alta_trabajo_autonomo) - [Social Security: guide for autónomos](https://portal.seg-social.gob.es/wps/portal/importass/importass/Colectivos/trabajo+autonomo/guia) --- Free, independent information. Not an official government website or a gestoría. General information, not legal, immigration or tax advice. 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