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  • Activity classification
  • Before you start
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Legal forms

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  • Overview of legal forms available for small business owners in France
  • Sole Proprietorships
    • Making sense of short-term furnished rentals in France
    • Sole Proprietorship in France
    • Micro-Entreprise
      • Versement Libératoire
      • Frais de Débours
      • Can You Have Only One Client as a Micro-Entrepreneur in France?
      • Micro-entreprise in France: simple regime, real obligations
      • Bookkeeping for micro-entrepreneurs
      • My micro-entreprise is registered! What’s next?
    • Entreprise Individuelle
      • The 2026 Reform of Social Contributions for the Self-Employed in France
      • Entreprise individuelle under the real regime in France
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Taxes and Social Charges

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  • VAT
    • CFE Tax – Cotisation Foncière des Entreprises
    • VAT on Virtual Events
    • VAT rules for Businesses Importing Goods to France
    • Crossing VAT Threshold
    • Advance payments on VAT in July and December – Acomptes sur TVA
    • VAT and Trading with UK
    • VAT and E-commerce B2C – selling goods and digital services from France
  • Social Charges (URSSAF)
    • The 2026 Reform of Social Contributions for the Self-Employed in France
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Running your business

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  • Jeune Entreprise Innovante (JEI) status
  • APE/NAF code – what it is and how to change it
  • Creating an Invoice – Legal Obligations
  • Creating a professional account on the tax website
  • Facture Electronique – Electronic Invoicing
  • E-reporting in France: what small businesses need to understand
  • SIREN, SIRET, APE, EORI and other abbreviations
  • Professional insurance in France: what each type covers and when it is compulsory
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Webinars and video presentations

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  • Electronic invoicing – webinar in English from 22/06/2026
  • Electronic invoicing reform – webinar in Russian 23/06/2026
  • Electronic invoicing reform – webinar in Russian 15/06/2026
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Overview of legal forms available for small business owners in France

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Table of Contents
  • 1. Micro-Entrepreneur
  • 2. Entreprise Individuelle (EI) under real regime
  • 3. Company (SAS / SARL)
  • 4. Less common but sometimes preferable forms
    • Association (Loi 1901)
    • Cooperative
    • Société en Commandite (SCS / SCA)
    • Société Civile Professionnelle (SCP)
    • Société d’Exercice Libéral (SELARL, SELAS, SELAFA, SELCA)
    • Groupement d’Intérêt Économique (GIE)
    • Société Civile de Moyens (SCM)

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Updated on 2 August 2026
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