Autoentrepreneurs
(self - contractors ?)
in France
Benoît Granger
Professeur à Advancia
June 2010
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Number of creations doubled in
2009 –but are they
« enterprises » ?
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Other categories are
diminishing
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The Law
 Origin : the Law of modernization of the
economy, August 4, 2008 creates the new
regime of self-contractor. It came into force on
January 1st, 2009.
an easy system for those who want to
undertake, whether jobseekers, employees,
retirees,
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Very tiny projects
 To meet this law, the turnover should not
exceed in 2009:
- € 80,000 + VAT for a purchase-resale
business, sales for consumption on and
provision of accommodation (beds and
breakfasts)
- € 32,000 plus VAT for the services
(including services to persons and
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families).
The main points of the
system
 1. Legal status: sole proprietorship
 2. Simplified creation (and radiation) Simplified and
rapid reporting of activity on the Internet
www.lautoentrepreneur.fr
3. Exemption or optional registration with the Trade
and Companies Register
 4. Simplified contributions on social security.
Contributions are calculated on the income received
during the period selected: 12% of sales activity ;
21.3% of revenues for services
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 5. You can also opt for the lump sum on the income
tax from your business
6. Accounting requirements eased: A journal detailing
the revenue will be kept; all invoices and documents
relating to purchases, sales and services will be
maintained
7. If you opt for payment in discharge of tax revenue,
the company is exempt from business tax for 3 years
(the year of the creation and subsequent two years).
 8. Possibility of declaring home (“principal residence”
and real estate property) out any collateral : intangible
property
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40% come from
unemployment
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Turnover declared by each
autoentrepreneur : declining !
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What skills ?
source : APCE – la création d’entreprise en France en 2009 – Mai2010
Operations most
concerned
(50-85% self-contractors)
Operations less
concerned
(0-35% self-contractors)
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Computer repairs, property
personal and domestic
Retail non-store stalls and
markets (sale catalog, Internet at
home ...)
Micro-manufacturing (jewelry,
floral, buttons, sticks ...)
Various specialized activities
(designer, photographer,
translator, interpreter,
Construction Economist ...)
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Production and distribution of
electricity, gas and steam
Hotels
Engineering
Manufacture of machinery and
equipment
Retail sale in specialized stores
Land passenger transport
Operations most
concerned
(50-85% self-contractors
Operations less
concerned
(0-35% self-contractors)
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
Catering Services
Health activities (Acupuncture,
homeopathy, psychoanalysts,
healers ...)
Various administrative activities
(Secretarial, office administrative
services, micro-call centers ...)
Personal Services (aesthetics,
body care ...)
Textile Manufacturing
Programming, consultancy and
other computer
Clothing industry
Management Consulting
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Road Transport and freight
services removal
Building
Legal and accounting activities
rental and leasing
Restoration
Automotive and other
Manufacturing transport
equipment
Food Industry
Controls and technical analysis
Thermal equipment installation air
conditioning
They need (and they ask)
BDS !
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But almost a complete
«virtualization » of process
makes it impossible !
 You become an « entrepreneur » (?) by
ten minutes transaction on the Net ! ? !...
 No : it is something else. And worrying
ont the scale of RISKS they take…
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