Over the last few years eBay has been under a lot of pressure to clear the large number of sales made on its platform by professional sellers without any official business. eBay has been addressing this issue since ...
An article recently published in La Tribune reveals that 23% of auto-entrepreneurs have legalised an existing activity thanks to the new auto-entrepreneur system. According to this report commissioned by Hervé Novelli ...
Many activities are regulated in France: electrician, plumber, builder, beautician, accountant, nurse, transport, etc. Most activites artisanales require a diploma or 3 years experience. Check with your local Chambre de ...
As a reminder, auto entrepreneurs will only pay their social charges as and when they work. Therefore you should not pay any other calls for social charges or cotisation. If you receive an appel de cotisations from RSI ...
I have had an interesting conversation this week with a forum member about the cost of French accountants for entreprise individuelle and société à responsabilité limitée (SARL). John’s question was How much will an ...
The FEDAE (Federation des Auto Entrepreneurs) has issued a warning concerning two new web sites charging for auto-entrepreneurs registration. As a reminder auto-entrepreneurs’ registration is 100% free and can be done ...
All paper declarations will have to be returned by 31 May at midnight. Opting for the online declaration will enable you to benefit from a 20 euros reduction on your first declaration. You will also benefit from a longer ...
As you may already know, the Taxe Professionnelle was abolished on 1st January 2010 and replaced by the Contribution Economique Territoriale (CET). This new tax includes the Cotisation sur la Valeur Ajoutée des ...
Your business tax returns or “declarations fiscales annuelles” have to be completed by the second working day following 1st May, i.e the 4th May for 2010. Here is a list of the tax forms to be returned to Impots by 4th ...
I recently mentioned the issue of auto-entrepreneurs having registered their business in 2009 and having been rejected from this regime, because their “pro-rata” turnover was over the allowed threshold. This issue is ...
It is compulsory for artisans to get listed on the Chambre de Metiers directory since 1st April 2010. This registration on the Registre des Metiers normally costs about 200€, but auto-entrepreneurs will not be charged ...
So for instance if you started your French business on 1st March 2010 as a marketing consultant, your maximum yearly turnover for this year is (32,100€ /12)*10= 26,750€ . URSSAF is pushing this calculation further by ...
If you plan to sell goods on French markets you will require a carte de commerçant ambulant. This card used to be requested at the Préfecture. From now on, you will be able to request the carte commercant ambulan as and ...
A quick and easy way to check if your brand name is already registered in France, is to check the INPI online database. Check out the recherche par nom de marque page and simply enter your brand name in the first box ...
Every month seems to bring its quota of auto entrepreneurs scams. From paying auto entrepreneur registration sites to fake business directories. The latest scam is actually aimed at all types of entrepreneurs, including ...
