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TIP: Auto-entrepreneurs beware of your turnover threshold

By: Valérie Lemiere
Posted Saturday May 1 2010 by admin in Business, May 2010
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When you registered your auto-entrepreneur business, you were fully aware of your maximum yearly turnover: 32,100€ for services and 80,300€ for trade. But did you know that this threshold is calculated on a pro rata basis?

business-may-delete-002_0So for instance if you started your French business on 1st March 2010 as a marketing consultant, your maximum yearly turnover for this year is (32,100€ /12)*10= 26,750€ . URSSAF is pushing this calculation further by taking the exact number of days!

Many auto-entrepreneurs have received a letter from URSSAF informing them that they could no longer benefit from the auto-entrepreneur regime because of this rule! They will now have to move to a standard regime of entreprise individuelle. So my tip when registering your business is to write down the maxium turnover you will be able to make this year, if you want to remain under the auto-entrepreneur regime.  

Entrepreneurs: beware of fake invoices

By: Valérie Lemiere
Posted Thursday April 1 2010 by admin in April 2010, Business
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bills-2Every month seems to bring its quota of auto entrepreneurs scams. From paying auto entrepreneur registration sites to fake business directories. The latest scam is actually aimed at all types of entrepreneurs, including limited companies (EURL, SARL).

The ‘‘Greffes du Tribunal de Paris’’ has issued a warning to limited companies and freelancers registered with Registre du Commerce et des Societes (RCS, i.e registrations onto the Chamber of Commerce directory). These companies are likely to get commercial offers designed to look like invoices from Registre des Sociétés Nouvellement Constituées,  Registre CSR or Inforegistre . The invoices have nothing to do with Greffes du Tribunal or Registre National du Commerce et des Societes (managed by INPI).  

Auto-entrepreneurs: When to make your first turnover declaration

By: Valérie Lemiere
Posted Monday March 1 2010 by admin in Business, March 2010
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All auto-entrepreneurs have a minimum delay of 90 days before having to make their first turnover declaration. If you have decided to make your declaration by snail mail, just wait for the “Declaration de chiffre d’affaires” form to be sent to you by RSI or URSSAF (according to your activity). If you have not received anything past the 90 days, get in touch with RSI-URSSAF, as there might be an issue with you account.