How do I calculate my “employer’s contribution” in France?
As an employer in France, when paying your employee, there’s additional cost you must pay. This is what’s known as the “employer’s contribution”.
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As an employer in France, when paying your employee, there’s additional cost you must pay. This is what’s known as the “employer’s contribution”.
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.
In France, tax and accounting isn’t just paperwork, but actually a legal obligation. As such, tax controls can be very stressful if you don’t really know about them.
The SA, or “Société anonyme”, is the French name for the Limited Company or Public Limited Company. This type of company is based on equity: it brings together people who may not know of each other, and whose participation is based on how much capital they have invested in the company. As such, it mainly concerns important projects.
The SASU is the French name for the Simplified Joint Stock Company. Basically, it is a SAS, but with only one partner. The number of SASUs has been increasing as of late, because it has interesting characteristic for a business creator who wants to be alone in his business. In 2016, SASU accounted for 67% of new single-member companies.
The EURL is the French name for a Sole Proprietorship With Limited Liability. Basically, it is a SARL, but with only a single partner. It is therefore subject to the same rules as a conventional SARL, except for the changes made necessary by the presence of a single partner.
French flat tax On January 1st 2018, taxation on capital in France was subject to a number of changes. But what exactly is this new “flat
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.
Learn how France makes a very clear distinction between Taxes and Social contributions.
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