Business owners in France: RSI to be dissolved on 1 January 2018
Regime Social des Indépendants (RSI), the body collecting and handling social charges for artisans and commerçant in France will be dissolved on 1st January 2018. This will affect business owners in France. ...
Register a gite or chambre d’hôtes as an auto-entrepreneur business in France
If you plan to start and run a gite business as you main source of income in France, then you should consider registering it as an auto-entrepreneur ...
Do I need a visa to start a business in France?
The good news is that members of the European Union do not require any visa or titre de sejour in order to start a business in France. Things are slightly different for non European members ...
The differences between a gite, chambre d’hotes and table d’hotes in France
You are thinking about starting a guest house in France and are wondering what the main differences are between a gite, chambre d'hotes and table d'hotes ...
Will I get a health cover with my business in France?
Many English speakers in France wonder how the French health system works and whether registering a business in France will entitled them to a health cover and carte vitale ...
Get professional help to start your business in France
Get professional help to start and run your business in France with the business helpline, business registration, forum and administrative services ...
Auto-entrepreneur pro rata turnover business issue in year one
The auto-entrepreneur, also called micro-entreprise, is a great legal structure for a first business in France. But this pay-as-you-go system has a limited turnover for your first year in business ...
Latest auto-entrepreneur business turnover thresholds in France
The decree updating the auto-entrepreneur has been published in March. The yearly turnover threshold has been slightly increased and the social charges rates have slightly decreased ...
17 measures necessary to simplify the auto-entrepreneur business in France
In the wake of the French presidential elections to be held in April 2017, the French federation for auto-entrepreneurs (FEDAE) businesses in France has published a list of measures to simplify the auto-entrepreneur ...
Checklist on how to start a business in France from scratch
Are you ready to start your French business? Here is a straightforward checklist to ensure that you have covered all the key steps. ...
Five tips to get your business set up and running in France
You have decided to start a business in France to generate some income? Here are my five tips to help you get your French business up and running ...
French terms you need to understand before buying a business in France
You have decided to move to France and are considering buying an existing French business in order to quickly get into work. This is an interesting option and there are many businesses to be sold in the tourism trade ...
Advantages of starting a SARL business in France
Société A Responsabilité Limitée (SARL) is an incorporate business or limited company in France. This type of business has its own legal entity, called personne morale. This means that the business has its own entity ...
Summary of changes to the auto-entrepreneur business in 2017
The auto-entrepreneur business in France, also called micro-entrepreneur, was launched in France in 2009 for small businesses. It offers a simple legal structure for sole traders, who will be paying their social charges ...
How to check and pay your French business 2016 CFE tax
Contribution Fonciere des Entreprises (CFE) is a small tax paid by all business owners in France towards local authorities. This tax is due from your second calendar year in business. For instance, if you registered your ...