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How to set up as a sole trader or start a small business in France re-selling goods or materials, or offering services. Understand the taxes due, invoicing and book-keeping obligations...
As explained in Angloinfo's Information Page on 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 (sole trader), or
- Registered as a company/corporation
- €170,000 for those re-selling goods or materials, as well as hotels and rural gîtes
- €70,000 for those offering services