Professional answers and advice on starting and running a small business in France, e.g. auto-entrepreneur SARL, EURL, SAS etc.
I've answered about 59,945 questions since 2009.
Bonjour, I'm Valérie Aston. I’m French, live in France and work as a senior business counsellor at the national support network for entrepreneurs (BGE) and run this site independently since 2009.
I have expert knowledge and experience in all areas of small businesses in France, e.g. business set up, law, regulations, registration, costs, social charges, tax etc. From auto-entrepreneur, SARL, EURL, SAS etc., I'm able to answer all your questions and advise you on any business issues.
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Regime Social des Indépendants (RSI), the body collecting and handling social charges for artisans and commerçant in France will be dissolved on 1st January 2018. This will affect business owners in France. ...
By Valérie Aston · 28 Jun 2017 · 3350 views
If you plan to start and run a gite business as you main source of income in France, then you should consider registering it as an auto-entrepreneur ...
By Valérie Aston · 29 May 2017 · 797 views
The good news is that members of the European Union do not require any visa or titre de sejour in order to start a business in France. Things are slightly different for non European members ...
By Valérie Aston · 18 May 2017 · 1130 views
You are thinking about starting a guest house in France and are wondering what the main differences are between a gite, chambre d'hotes and table d'hotes ...
By Valérie Aston · 9 May 2017 · 763 views
Many English speakers in France wonder how the French health system works and whether registering a business in France will entitled them to a health cover and carte vitale ...
By Valérie Aston · 5 May 2017 · 952 views
Get professional help to start and run your business in France with the business helpline, business registration, forum and administrative services ...
By Valérie Aston · 11 Apr 2017 · 835 views
This video gives you a step-by-step guide to create your business account on Net-Entreprises.fr. When your account is set-up, you will be able to login within 48 hours to make your auto-entrepreneur turnover declaration. ...
By Valérie Aston · 23 Jan 2011
Auto-entrepreneur businesses in France are classified either as activité commerciale, activité artisanale or profession libérale. When registering your business, you have to indicate which type of activity you belong to. ...
By Valérie Aston · 13 Nov 2010
Many auto-entrepreneurs are receiving bills for social charges or appels de cotisation from RSI? If you have been in business for a few months and have already been making turnover declaration either online with ...
By Valérie Aston · 13 Nov 2010
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. ...
By Valérie Aston · 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 entreprise ...
By Valérie Aston · 10 May 2011
This podcast, which is 44 minutes long, will give you a complete overview of the auto-entrepreneur system. It's perfect if you're starting a business in France as an auto-entrepreneur, or you're registered and want a ...
By Valérie Aston · 6 Sep 2013
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