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Creating self-employment
Right to work, micro-enterprise, bank details, URSSAF, TVA and taxes.
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Step 1
Opening a micro-enterprise: creating your self-business
The micro-enterprise (self-entrepreneur) is a simplified status for the self-employed (freelance, small business). Registration via the Single Window (INPI). Obligations: monthly/quarterly return to the URSSAF, social contributions (% of turnover). Suitable for ≤ 188 900 €/year (services) or ≤ 77 700 € (commerce). Here's how to open and manage.
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Work Authorization: The Right to Work for a Foreigner
The work permit (authorisation to engage in a professional activity) is the document which allows a foreigner outside the EU to work in France. For paid employment, she is educated by the employer via the prefecture/DDETS. Working without permission is illegal — risks to status. Here's who it is needed, who deposits, what to expect and exceptions (students, certain professions).
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RIB and bank certificate: account details in France
The RIB (Relevé d'Identité Bancaire) is the document of the contact details of your account in a French bank: IBAN (27 characters in France), BIC/SWIFT (bank code), name of the holder and name of the bank. Required for salary (transfer), rental, CAF, taxes, energy suppliers. The bank certificate is an extensive document proving that the account belongs to you; often requested for administrative procedures (visa, naturalization, housing). Below: how to get it and what to know.
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Declaration URSSAF: the periodic declaration of the independent
The USSRAF declaration is a periodic compulsory declaration for micro-entrepreneurs (self-entrepreneurs) and independents, indicating turnover and paying social contributions. Frequency: monthly or quarterly (optional). Deposit on autoentrepreneur.urssaf.fr. Here's how to declare and what's essential.
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Micro-enterprise and TVA: franchise and thresholds
The micro-entrepreneur can be free based on TVA (do not charge TVA) below the thresholds: 91 900 € (commerce) or 36 800 € (services) on 2 slippery years. Beyond — the TVA, which adds the obligation to declare the TVA. Here's how it works and what's essential.
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Income tax return: annual, automatic or first return
If you live in France or have your tax domicile there, income is generally reported every year, even with the levy at source and even in the case of low or zero incomes. The mode depends on the situation: mostly online reporting, automatic reporting to be checked without validation if everything is correct, and paper form for a first self-contained declaration. The dates are published at each campaign.
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