Maternity cover for auto entrepreneur
I have an auto-entrepreneur business in the services category (teaching yoga). I teach from an apartment which I bought (not as a ‘droit au bail’ but as an ordinary apartment which I have converted into a fitness studio). I sublet to other auto-entrepreneurs (yoga, fitness etc) who pay me an hourly fee to rent the space. They each have their own clients, booking systems, keep their own accounts and teach elsewhere so cannot be considered my ‘employees’.
I pay tax on their rental income as ordinary rental income and not as income to my auto-entrepreneur business.
I am currently pregnant with my first child and wondered how to keep my business open over my maternity leave without coming into any troubles. I would like to leave one of the other instructors in charge of my clients, business, bookings etc over five months or so and charge her a rental income for the hours she uses the studio teaching my clients. (She pays me rather than I pay her).
Is this the way to go? What is the best option for service businesses like mine who don’t want to lose clients over their maternity leave?
Any advice would be amazing.
Thank you!