The recently-introduced auto-entrepreneur scheme is designed to simplify the bureaucratic red tape that has made it so difficult for new businesses to start-up in France. It also goes some way to relieving the financial burdens placed on new businesses in their early years. Businesses can now pay their social contributions based on actual, rather than estimated, earnings.
Over 120,000 businesses have registered under the scheme since its introduction. It is an ideal scheme for British expats who want to set up a business in France. However, the costs and lengthy processes involved proved quite a deterrent. Previously, if you had an idea you thought might turn into a decent business, you might have been put off trying. With the new scheme, it is more viable “just to give it a go” in the spirit of the true entrepreneur.
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I would be interested to hear from anyone in the region who is thinking of registering, or indeed has already registered, as an auto-entrepreneur. What has been your experience? Is it a great improvement? Would you have gone into business without auto-entrepreneur?
Martin Jarvis is a professional web developer and a WordPress expert, with a passion for all things "France" - including his lovely wife Nadine! With a french wife, a house on the border of Brittany and the Pays de la Loire, an aunt in Paris, his wife's family in Bordeaux, and a dear (now sadly departed) friend on the Cote d'Azur, Martin is well placed to comment on France from the point of view of an Englishman. Hopefully, this interest in France and his experience as a developer and marketer of websites will help make this site invaluable to francophiles everywhere.
Please take a look at Philippa’s post if you can offer any advice on the auto-entrepreneur scheme in France, as she is shortly moving to France and will be bringing her Usborne Books and Tots to Travel businesses with her and will need to register for auto-entrepreneur.