I am an artist and am having success selling my work. I have a gallery that want to sell my work for me and I wish to produce posters and prints for them. I too cannot afford the autonomo, it is ludicrous to inflict such a charge in a country with such low wages and high unemployment. * was also thinking of becoming self employed in the UK. Is it easy to do and would I be then able to sell to a wider market, shops, museums etc? How would I put everything through the books if I live here? I doubt I would make more that 20 000 per year.