Has your monthly on-line turnover declaration changed to quarterly?
Has your monthly on-line turnover declaration somehow mysteriously switched to quarterly declaration? Well I spoke to URSSAF about this and they confirmed that there is a bug in their online system. They suggest you ...
Changes planned to the auto-entrepreneur regime in 2010
The auto-entrepreneur regime is celebrating its first birthday and a few modifications are planned for 2010. No ground breaking changes, here is a summary: Turnover thresholds have been slightly increased to ...
Who uses Start Business in France?
24,383 visits came from 128 countries/territories. 18,738 from France, 1917 from the UK, 1189 from the USA and 4456 visits from other countries. 48% of all visit were via search engines, 25% from referring sites and 27% ...
Warning: The official auto entrepreneur website is off line
The offifial website http://www.lautoentrepreneur.fr has been redirected to URSSAF’s website. I have no idea whether they are experiencing some technical problems, but I will chase them tomorrow. ...
Up-date on Guichet Unique, the one stop shop to declare any business in France
Ten days ago, I talked to you about the Guichet Unique, a one stop shop to declare any type of business in France. This new online tool was supposed to be launched on 1st January. Well, surprise, surprise, the Guichet ...
Bonne Année 2010
Bonne année à tous les lecteurs de Start Business in France. Some of you might have already taken a new year’s resolution to move to France, others are working on making their move to France a success. Not an easy task ...
Guichet Unique: One-stop shop for business creation opens on 1st January 2010
The inauguration of a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs is planned for 1st January 2010. The Guichet Unique will centralise all the paperwork required to start any type of business: commerçants, artisans, professions ...
Warning: auto-entrepreneurs with 0 euros turnover in first year switched to micro entreprise
The official literature states that without any turnover declared within four consecutive quarters, your auto-entrepreneur business will be automatically closed. It does not seem to work this way in practice, as ...
Fake auto-entrepreneur registration website
I have already mentioned a few scams for auto-entrepreneurs, including fake invoices for business directories. I have for instance received another promotional offer from Telecom 118 designed like a formal invoice for ...
Auto-Entrepreneur turnover declaration - 31st January deadline
The next deadline to complete your turnover declaration is January 31st. Some of you have already received the form and starting to worry. Over the Xmas holidays I’ll be working on a short video explaining how to ...
How to complete your taxe professionnelle form
The taxe professionnelle form looks like your worst administrative nightmare. Even with a good level of French, you might struggle to complete it. The fact is that most French entrepreneurs call their accountant, as soon ...
Auto-entrepreneur status to be extended to farming activities?
Consulted by the French government, the Societe des Agriculteurs de France (SAF) believes that expanding the auto-entrepreneur regime to farming activities would benefit the profession. A press release from SAF issued on ...
Fake business directory invoices sent to auto-entrepreneurs
As I mentioned in a previous post, many auto-entrepreneurs are receiving unsolicited invoices for business directories and phone directories. The letters consist of promotional offers designed to look like formal invoice ...
Deadline to switch to the regime micro social: 31/12/09
If you have an existing business registered as an entreprise individuelle or micro entreprise, you cannot switch to the auto entrepreneur system. However you can decide to switch to the regime micro social, which will ...
New auto-entrepreneur profile
According to Herve Novelli, secretary of state to small businesses, about 40% of auto-entrepreneurs registered since January 2009 have a quarterly turnover of 4000€, or 1333€ per month. Which leaves us with 60% with a ...