How I got the French Tech Visa to start my company in France

Post by balfirevic » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

nicbou wrote: post #116

maxmouchet wrote: post #69

We often hear stories on how hard it is to start a business in France. As a French, I'd like to hear how easy it is in other countries (UK, US?). For example, what are the costs, the amount of paperwork...

I have done it in Germany. I had to register my website as a business, and documented how to do it on that same website. Honestly, it wasn't so hard, and I can honestly say that I made it a little easier. The hardest part was taxes, and the honest solution is "hire a tax advisor, pay 300€ a year, be done with it". The biggest problem for me is the cost of health insurance. As a self-employed person, you pay double. I…

Post by jclos » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 5:21 PM UTC

lm28469 wrote: post #83

jclos wrote: post #60

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I hope you do realise that life is so easy because we are always complaining and not in spite of it. Worker rights and social safety nets did not magically appear out of thin air.

Sure, but what we're seeing here is people complaining the other way: "We pay too much taxes", "there are too many regulations", &c.

Post by user5994461 » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

krstf13 wrote: post #109

user5994461 wrote: post #78

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Here's the taxes on French salaries for reference. - The company has 60k budget. - 25% goes to employer tax (charges patronales). 45k left. That's commonly called the gross salary (salaire brut). - 25% goes to employee tax (charges sociales). 34k left. Commonly called the net salary (salaire net) - Employee pays income tax at the end of the year. The rate is progressive and highly variable depending on personal situa…

This is grossly inaccurate. What you're calling taxes, are fees that allow employee to get several benefits. Practically speaking, these are delayed salary. They include social security, unemployment benefits, retirement benefits, training ... When your employee is sick, they can stay at home without losing their pay, and without your company paying for it. They can seek medical treatment without risking bankruptcy.…

Post by dudul » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 5:57 PM UTC

victor106 wrote: post #34

From what a few of my colleagues told me: France is very racist. Apparently this is true in most of Europe. Everything looks okay on the surface but they are deep racial undertones. They tell me that believe it or not America is the one of the least racist countries. It does not mean there’s no racism in America just that it’s lesser. It’s easy for immigrants to assimilate into society in America than most places in…

Post by Qiu_Zhanxuan » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 6:16 PM UTC

nix23 wrote: post #71

Qiu_Zhanxuan wrote: post #27

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reality check, 120k€/year already puts you in the top 1% of income earner in France. Past this point you should be satisfied with how much you've already earned and maybe starts caring more about the impact your job/company should have...

>reality check After taxes it's 80k which is NOT allot outside France (not even paris) and you are in the high-income class, you see when you want good people you have to pay them the right amount of money so they can pay everywhere for a good life. It's like saying, but 20$ a day is a perfect income for Morocco, why don't we have the best tech peoples around??