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The Cheque Emploi Service Universel (CESU) method of paying for domestic workers. How to register and use it (both employers and employees). Also information on Cheque Emploi Tres Petites Entreprises (CETPE) staff payment system for small business owners
Freelance workers resident in France must be correctly registered to receive payments. Portage Salarial organisations act as "agents" and provide a service through which a freelance worker can legally invoice clients and receive social security
Contact information for the Prefectures and Sous-Prefectures in the Languedoc Roussillon region. The place to go for residency papers (titre de sejour), vehicle registration papers (carte grise), driving licences and more in France.
Information on becoming a taxpayer in France, when and how submit your return and details on the tax bands applied to your income. Also find out how other incomes may be taxed (pensions, rental income, interest, dividends), social charges and benefits.
Information on the various types of job contract used for a person at work in France. Details for employers and employees on the fixed term contract (CDD), long-term contract (CDI), part-time and temporary job contracts and the new CNE.
Information on the legal obligations of gite and chambre d'hote owners in France. If you run self-catering accommodation or provide Bed & Breakfast hospitality there are certain obligations to fulfill.
Information on how to set up a French business: details on the self-employed sole trader (EI), limited liability single operator (EURL) and the SARL (company). Plus: documents needed to register at the CFE, and tax regimes BIC, BNC and Micro-entreprise.
Unemployed? Retrenched? Information on Assedic and ANPE, the French national organisations dealing with issues relating to unempolyment benefits and job seekers.
All you need to know about working in France - you and the Law. Information direct from the EU. | 
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