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The “Bulletin officiel de la Sécurité sociale” changed the conditions of application of the specific fixed deduction for professional expenses
In France, basically all workers automatically have some sort of insurance. However, if you’re an independent worker, then yours doesn’t provide as much coverage as the one of an employee. For example, you wouldn’t be covered against unemployment.
Being the manager of the executive officer of a company in France obviously has a lot of perks. However, often, your social regime won’t be as good as that of a regular employee; you won’t always be insured against unemployment, for example. As such, it can be very worth your time to combine your function as the director with an employment contract, if it is possible.
The structure of an SA (The French equivalent of the Public Limited Company) can vary, but generally, it is directed by a board of directors, a chairman (who is a member of the board), and a manger if necessary. As such, your social coverage depends on your role in the company.
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.
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.
The French social system is arguably one of the best in the world, with your pension going up to 50% of your previous salary, for example. As such, it makes sense to wonder what you have to do to benefit from it.
Since 2016, if the sole associate of an EURL is the same person as the manager, then they can benefit from the Micro-company tax system.
France always had the reputation of having an excellent healthcare system, ranking at number 1 on the latest World Health Organization’s rankings. Granted, that ranking comes from the year 2000, but today, it still has a lot of advantages.
Both France and Canada’s healthcare systems have a good reputation.
France ranked number 1 on 2000’s World Health Organization’s rankings, and since, it has kept a lot of qualities. France has the least deaths avoidable with healthcare in the world, for example.
