Help for small business owners in France

Auto-entrepreneur, SARL, EURL, Social charges, RSI, Carte vitale, URSSAF, Business registration, Legal structure etc.

I'm Valerie Lemiere, I’m French, live in France and run this site to help English speakers with the problems of starting or running a small business in France.

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  • How to complete your 2012 French income tax form 2042 CK PRO

    By Valerie Lemiere · 05 May, 2013

    You have to complete a French income tax form, Impôt sur le revenu, if you were a French resident in 2012 or if you had income from a French source in 2012, e.g. property rental, dividends, business…

  • Auto-entrepreneur time limit

    By Valerie Lemiere · 16 April, 2013

    Auto-entrepreneur businesses are facing uncertainty and maybe subject to a time limit of 5 years or less. Ms Fleur Pellerin, Minister Delegate with responsibility for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and…

  • Deadlines to complete the 2012 French income tax form

    By Valerie Lemiere · 13 April, 2013

    Several forum members are getting worried that they may have missed the deadline to complete their 2012 income tax form. So here is a summary of the key deadlines: paper declaration to be posted by 27th…

  • Registre Officiel is a scam

    By Valerie Lemiere · 07 March, 2013

    A new scam has been targeting new entrepreneurs for the last few weeks. As usual the promotional offer from Registre Officiel has been designed to look like to compulsory directory. The  invoice sent by the…

  • Attestation de fourniture des déclarations sociales explained

    By Valerie Lemiere · 25 February, 2013

    You may have recently received a letter or email from URSSAF with an attestation confirming that you are up-to-date with your social charges declarations and payments. So that you can identify the letter I’m…

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  • Adding an APE or NAF code to your business

    By Valerie Lemiere · 10 May, 2011

    This podcast discusses the implications of adding an extra APE or NAF activity code to your current business and how to do it. Adding an extra APE activity code can be done for an auto-entrepreneur, an…

  • How to set up a health cover and get a carte vitale

    By Valerie Lemiere · 10 May, 2011

    This podcast explains how to set up a health cover and how to get a carte vitale for entrepreneurs. Find out how your carte vitale will be issued and answers to popular questions on health cover.

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