Hi all. Before the pandemic I was earning a few bob giving English conversation. Their equivalent of National Insurance was taking almost all of it but I got state healthcare and was contributing to España. Then the pandemic came and people slowly dropped away, but the NI was still being deducted at full whack, even after I'd cancelled, and in the end I'd paid more than I'd earned.

I'd like to go back to giving these classes as it's good for one's physical and mental health, but I don't want to end up feeling robbed like I did last year. So I hit upon the idea of clients giving money to charity without me touching it. Of course I'd have to make sure they were giving the money to the charity and not just *saying* they were.

Hence the question: is there some Spanish web site where one can set up a page showing donations and who they're from?

You could ask them to donate via a link on your facebook page. See here > Fundraisers and Donations | Facebook Help Centre

Good idea.

You could also ask your students to donate to a charity of your choice and provide you with the receipt?

Thanks missile I'll take a look.

Thanks spouse of scouse. It needs to be simple for them. Ideally I'd give them a bank account number and they'd pay into that, I'd be able to see their payments and then pass the money on at regular intervals.

What do people do when they fundraise? Is there some sort of charity account one can set up?

Is this the sort of thing you're looking for? https://gogetfunding.com/campaigns/?country=es

I'm not sure how 'strict' Spain is, could having money paid directly into your bank account by people you're providing a service to be construed as tax avoidance?

Thank you for the suggestion.

Have you thought of approaching your town hall to offer your voluntary services so that you have someone in authority knowing that you are not being paid and not avoiding paying tax. The town hall could then charge people for this service which would mean that you know that people are paying. Town halls usually have an account for local charities, fund raising for local fiestas etc so it may be a way of the money benefiting the local area as well as the people who use your help.

Rosemary