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 ...
How to sell a business in France
You have decided to sell your French business and are about to put up the for sale sign. Here are a few tips to help you get ready for selling your French business and having the information requested by potential buyers ...
Business incorporation tax in France to be reduced
The government in France has confirmed that French incorporation tax called Impots sur les societes, also referred to as IS, will be reduced from 2017. The existing incorporation is 15% up to 38,120 euros of profit, then ...
Buy a business in France
You have made a decision to move to France and are now looking at ways to make a living there. Starting a new business is an option, but it involves building a customer base from scratch. This article gives you some tips ...
Experts to help you buy a business in France
Once you have started looking at existing businesses for sale in France, you will need to get some professional advice to guide you. Below is the professionals who can help you. An accountant can help you buy a business ...
How much does it cost to register a business in France?
You are about to register a business in France and wonder how much it will cost you? This article gives you a summary of the setting up and running costs for French businesses. Registering a micro-entreprise should ...
Airbnb and Housetrip: What income should you declare in France?
Many people with a property in France are renting out their apartment or house for a few days or weeks on sites such as Airbnb and Housetrip in order to generate extra income. However this raises taxation questions ...
Auto-entrepreneur to be renamed micro-entrepreneur business on 1 January 2016
On 1 January 2016, the auto-entrepreneur business system in France name will be replaced by micro-entrepreneur. Existing auto-entrepreneurs will not be impacted too much, as only a little will change for them ...
How to pay your Contribution Fonciere des Entreprises (CFE) tax online in France
This article explains step by step how to set up an account with Impôts and then details how to pay your Contribution Fonciere des Entreprises (CFE) tax online. All businesses in France are now required to pay their CFE ...
How to protect your home when starting a business in France explained
A business registered in France can be classified into two main categories: Entreprise individuelle is a business registered under the entrepreneurs’ name. There is no distinction between the business and the ...
How to complete the 2014 French income tax form 2042 C PRO - Cerfa 11222 * 17
You have to complete a French income tax form, Impôt sur le revenu, if you were a French resident in 2014 or if you had income from a French source in 2014, such as property rental, dividends or business income. In this ...
Another business scam in France
Here's yet another scam aimed at businesses in France. This one is trying to extort money by making it look like it's compulsory to subscribe to a European directory before getting a TVA number. ...
Le Stage de Préparation à l’Installation (5 day course) for auto-entrepreneurs explained
Auto-entrepreneurs registering as artisans with the Chambre de métiers have to complete a mandatory 5-day training course, called Stage Prealable à l’Installation (SPI), before starting a business in France. ...
Compulsory changes to the auto-entrepreneur business in France from 1 Jan 2015
Back in August last year I highlighted a list of changes possibly coming to auto-entrepreneur businesses in France in January 2015. I can confirm the following changes now apply to auto-entrepreneurs from the 1st January ...
Auto-entrepreneur businesses in France must have a dedicated bank account
Following the vote of the Social Security Financing Act 2015 by the Assemblee Nationale in December, changes have been introduced for auto-entrepreneur businesses in France. One being the obligation for auto-entrepreneur ...