Autoentrepreneurs : what sauce the government wants to eat you ?

The payroll tax cuts which benefit the micro-entrepreneurs could be cropped, from the 1st of October. The measure would concern those who are already initiated.

Machine back, all ! On the 1st of January last, the government extended to all autoentrepreneurs the device of payroll tax cuts, until then, reserved to young people and the unemployed. Nine months later, here's the executive launched in full operation coaster. Its project ? Limit drastically the exemptions for all autoentrepreneur creating his / her activity. And make the device less favourable for all those who are already benefiting from the help to the creators and buyers of enterprises (Acre).

their work cut out beating the drum. Rather than wait for the parliamentary debate on the finance bill, the government intends to take action by decree (see below). With immediate effect.

A measure in force since the 1st of October

That said, the text in preparation, last week presented to the Board of the social protection of self-employed (CPSTI) ? As from the 1st October next, all-new, autoentrepreneur will be more than a year of charges reduced, compared to three today. Concretely, a developer of computer which starts its activity after 30 September will pay 11% of expenses over sales in the first year, and then 22% thereafter. While in the current system, it costs 5.5% of expenses in the first year, 11% the second, and 16.5% for the third.

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A micro-entrepreneur carrying 10 000 euros of turnover per year, had to pay up to now 3300 euros of charges on the first three years compared to 5500 euros in the new system (if it enters into force).

And this is not all. The decree also affects all those who, having created their business in the last 36 months, currently benefit from relief from social security contributions. From 1 October, all autoentrepreneur with a liberal or services will be able to apply a reduced rate of 5.5% in the first year, 16.5% in the second and 19.8% for the third. This could undermine some of the self-employed, which relied on the exemptions in previous, more favourable, to generate more cash and invest.

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Yet to the study, these measures are pounce representatives of the sector. "We are in full diy budget, calendar, technical, denounces Grégoire Leclercq, president of the national Federation of autoentrepreneurs (FNAE). So what is the brain sick person who laid it, without any form of consultation ?" An opinion shared by François Hurel, president of the Union of autoentrepreneurs. "This is a reform to be punitive, which puts it in the same bag all the micro-entrepreneurs. You can talk about everything, but not this way, which is unacceptable". On social networks, the response is organized. Launched by the FNAE, an online petition had already reached the 14,000 signatories to this Thursday, September 26, afternoon.

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What the hell was so stung the government, which prides itself on also want to foster the entrepreneurial spirit ? Stories of big bucks. Because according to the impact study, which The Express obtained, these exemptions represent a huge loss of revenue for the public finances. In 2018, before the generalization of the Acre, all autoentrepreneurs, the payroll tax cuts accounted for 446 million euros. Compared to 1.4 billion euros expected in 2022 if nothing changed. By reducing the sail, the executive hopes to reduce the costs to 800 million euros per year from 2021 onwards.

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A future puzzle

added the cost of independent work, the government would not be that unhappy. Opponents of always the plan of autoentrepreneurs, the artisans see it as a good way to restore a bit of fairness. "The cuts to expenses, yes, but for the whole world and in a uniform manner. There is no reason that the rules of exemptions are, at the start, most favorable for autoentrepreneurs that for self-employed persons subject to the regime of common law," says Pierre Burban, secretary-general of the Union of enterprises of the vicinity (U2P). On the side of the acting, also, such a project to find supporters. Because the temporary employment sector bear the brunt of the competition of autoentrepreneurs. Among these, some take advantage of the exemptions to the massive expense to offer their services at prices that are ultra-competitive.

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