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Hi Valerie, I am an EU National and have lived in France since 2014, working for Swiss division of US parent company that I’ve worked for since 1995. Consequently, I am French resident with existing French social and tax numbers. I will be “early-retiring” from my employer, and plan to form Micro Enterprise to offer consulting support to various divisions of prior employer located in Switzerland, US, and UK. I have completed your Micro Entrepreneur Course, and have a few questions:

1. I do not plan to begin collecting French Retirement benefits for a few more years, thus I plan to register the Enterprise as “main activity”, Profession liberale. Is this correct thinking?

2. Will my partner also transfer with me to new health care administrator, or will she remain on current CPAM?

3. Turnover will exceed 34,500€, thus I will have to register for VAT, however, since all customers are businesses outside France (Swiss, UK, US), am I correct in presuming that I don’t charge them VAT (even after 34.5K threshold), and just note “Exonération TVA art. 283-2 du CGI ou art. 44 de la directive 2008/8” on Invoice?

4. I am thinking paying social taxes quarterly, income taxes annually via regime micro, and filing VAT annually. Do you see an issue with this plan?

5. We plan to kick off this enterprise on April 1, 2022, and will ask you to do our registration filings. When should we plan to submit your registration form to you to get things moving?

6. Can you refer me to a good resource – perhaps on-line - for a simple Consultancy Agreement Template? Preferably in English, conforming to French norms, and appropriate for a “Profession liberale” consultant?

Many Thanks!!