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If your company has any sort of relationship with European partners, then it must have a VAT registration number. But what is it?
In short, the Initial Funding Plan is the lifeline of your company for the first years of activity. “How will my business grow?”, “What investments should I do?”, “When should I do them?”, “Where am I going to find the budget to make them?”
Running a company is hard. Every day, you have to make decisions that could spell the end of your company, and nothing’s there to help you choose the right option. And yet, by doing this one thing when creating your company, you would have a clear guideline when making these decisions, and you could save both your company and your sanity.
If you’re starting a business, you’ll probably want to ask yourself the following question: “how much do I need to sell before I make money?”
You’re the manager of an SARL (The French equivalent of the Limited Liability Company) or an EURL (an SARL, but with only one associate). If you’re not sure what social coverage you’re entitled to, it’s probably because the answer can be somewhat confusing and unintuitive.
Do you want to start your business alone, without a partner? Do you want for your business to stay that way? If so, one of the following one-person company types can be just what you need:
As far as the Social System is concerned, micro-entrepreneurs are part of the Social Security of the self-employed.
Often, families moving to France for business don’t realize just how much benefits they can claim by coming here. One of the benefits you might not know about is family allowance.
If you’re a business creator, you might have to test out your product before launching it on the market. The problem is that doing so can use up a lot of resources, without actually generating any revenue. As such, funding this phase can be difficult. How do you deal with this? By making use of venture capital.
Normally, the VAT is a tax that makes the price of most transactions go up by a certain amount. It means that the buyer will have to pay more to the seller, and the seller will then give this surplus back to the state. Of course, this also applies to transactions between companies.
