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 income. The French income tax system is not…
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 Innovation, announced on 10th April that…
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 May at 12pm online declaration to be…
A common question I get asked in the forum is, do I have to give my customers an invoice. To help you decide, here's a summary of the rules to be applied when deciding if you should issue an invoice. You must provide an invoice for: Any…
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 Paris based company is for 360 euros. As a…
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 talking about, the subject of the letter…
The auto-entrepreneur’s social charges rates increased on the 1st January 2013. A decree voted on 28th December has confirmed the new rates for the regime micro social are: Trade / commercial activities 14% - previously 12% Profession…
URSSAF is currently regrouping its offices into regional branches to provide better and localised customer services. From 1st January 2013, the twelve new regional URSSAF branches are: Urssaf Alsace Urssaf Aquitaine Urssaf…
As mentioned in my latest article on Taxe Fonciere des Entreprises, the Govenment has confirmed that all auto-entrepreneurs will benefit from a CFE tax exemption for 4 years. This will therefore still apply to you if you have registered an…
The Contribution Fonciere Entreprises tax (CFE) formerly known as Taxe Professionelle, was so to date applicable to all auto-entrepreneurs and micro-entreprises from their third year in business. For instance a photograph or proofreader registered…