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Starting a Business in France

Any for-profit activity in France - regardless of the amount of revenue generated - requires a legal structure, with the business either:
--registered as an individual operator, or
--registered as a company/corporation

The most prevalent legal structures are:
1. Self-employed/Sole trader: Entreprise Individuelle (EI)
2. Limited liability single shareholder corporation: Entreprise Unipersonelle à Responsibilité Limitée (EURL) 
3. Limited liability joint stock corporations, including:
     --Société à Responsibilité Limitée (SARL)
     --Société Anonyme (SA) 
     --Société par Actions Simplifiée (SAS)

Comprehensive information below on the following topics: 
--Registration with the CFE
--How to set up as Entreprise Individuelle (EI)  
--How to set up an EURL or a SARL
--Tax régimes - BIC, BNC and BA 
--The Micro-entreprise - Micro-BIC and Micro-BNC
--The auto-entrepreneur
--Regulated professions
--Further Information (foreign companies with employees in France, invoicing) 

To continue reading about starting a business in France, please click here.

Econvista
Le site internet Econovista.com, propose un nouvel outil gratuit pour aider les entreprises lors de leur création, de leur implantation ou encore du développement de leur activité en Ile-de-France. (also in English)

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