Can I opt out of RSI business contributions in France?
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I have a registered business in France as an auto-entrepreneur, operating as a real estate company (agent commercial en immobilier). As well, I own an estate company in the UK. I am focused on international business, i.e. sale of property located in France to UK and European customers. My main residence is in the UK, but I have a secondary residence in France.
I found out that the RSI contribution is 25% of your turnover not your profit, which is extremely high. As I am taxable, and have my social insurance in the UK, I am looking for a way to legally avoid these RSI charges.
- I was thinking about doing a 100 profit transfer agreement from my auto-entrepreneur business to my company in the UK, thus correctly reporting my transactions to the RSI as zero. Or at least just a smaller part of the turnover. In this case, we are talking about some 5,000 euros, which would be charged with 1,250 euros by the RSI, although I am making a loss. I do not worry about French taxes, they are more reasonable, as they are based on the profit, not on the turnover. But I can not see how I can pay 25% of my turnover to the RSI if I do not take home a cent. Or is there perhaps another, more elegant way to reach the same effect?
- Could I keep up my status as an estate agent in France without having a French address - would that help?
In the worst case, I may have to give up my French estate agent status, but it benefits my business if I can keep it up.