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Hello, can some-one just refresh my memory on the deduction % for social charges from the SMIC at 8.03euro currently...  Thankyou in advance

Sorry Dick me old Cock...shouldn't post after a beer...

OOH! Beardys gone all weirdy!

I got banned from Angloinfo once when I logged on as 'Hugh Focker @ fockhugh@hotmail.... Very funny for a few days though! Recently someone logged on as 'Hell' so the welcome page said 'A warm welcome to Hell'...Ha HA HA!          

Hello, I am fascinated... Why do you need to use this instead of sand and cement/chaux? What is its use...? Sounds like money to me...

How do I turn it off when on the forum...? It drives me potty correcting my posts as I find I have to re-type them entirely...

Hello, does any-one know the going prices for Breton stone arched doorways off hand... I am a student of 'Taille de pierre' but its the time/materials versus the salvager... Yes, I know I could rob one from an old ruin like a gypo but they aint exactly the thing for a quick getaway... Ta!

Hello, I am actually very busy but I am working locally and so pop back for tea etc... C.C.I = Chambre de Commerce et Industrie ACCRE, I have only ever heard this reffered to as the abbreviation. Car park man was a useless fellow... He told me he had come here to escape Tony Blair....Why? was he being stalked by him...?

Ask about dossier ACCRE...write it down... it is the exhonouration from social charges... ask about the conditions required etc at the C.C.I... When I eventually registered, all the registration documents where completed at the C.C.I. There was a 100euro charge for this... Then the man from the M.S.A came out for a home visit to sort out the social charge side of things. The Assurance man from the A.G.F came out also to sort out professional assurances then called back a week later with work for me... I haven't stopped since and am looking forward to winter!

Wouldn't it be less expensive in the event of a breakdown to buy another car...

Actually, you big know all....  Teameup you are perfectly correct and when I went through this it was 'difficult' to say the least... I had worked 6 months in the previous 2 years back in the 53rd state so qualified for the reduction and other assistance. Take my advice with a pinch of Sodium chlorate if I were you... Sorry, I don't wish to mislead any-one...        

Hello, 'signing on' costs you nowt and is totally above board as you can claim nowt. You just become a statistic and must sign on every month, this can be done by internet. How where the Gendarmes...?      

Hello, To be an entretien espaces verts requires no qualifications or certificates whereas to be a paysagiste you need to justify yourself on paper. The Chambre de Commerce runs courses in 'basic business'. These are either 'nearly free' or up to 400euros. Worth attending as you can learn allsorts. If you have a fluent friend with time on their hands then get them to come along as the pace of the class and level of language can be wearing... It is now coming up to winter... So why not....? sign on as unemployed in order to qualify for the reduction in you first years social charges... You could do the course over this period and prepare all your pub and network ready for the spring launch 2006. A little bit of economic advice... don't buy a 'garden tractor' to use for your work unless you have several regular customers very large areas of grass each over 3000m2It is more economic and better to drop your rate whilst you have space in your agenda than to invest in a minority use tool. Try 'Starting your own gardening business' by Paul Power ISBN1-85703-861-4 from Amazon books    

Gits! I imagine the likes of 'oh will you cut my lawn/hedge and I shall over pay you but ca you give me difference in dollars...' Well eat 3mm brushcutter line in the chops you Nigerian types! I am mowing you guys down to a number one cut, then sending you the bill for the decheterie! Thats before the Glyphoste...

£800 x 52 = £41600 before or after tax...?  mulpitly this by 3.5 then you can borrow £145.600 which aint so bad and although its a long way from that stud farm in Sussex its still a good start after a fashion. That being 4 times the minimum wage in the U.K... £145.600  or 203.000 euros would buy me a manoir with money to renovate it. I earn the SMIC here and am happy enough with the cut of my cloth... I have more freedom here in France than I ever had in the U.K and at least for the ordinary man I believe France has our best interests in mind.    

Sorry, where is the scam? are you being asked to pay out money? or are mythical Negroes booking French holidays and then what? Please explain the scam to me...

Arthur... If you go to the Chambre de Metiers/Chambre de Commerce you will find they have many facts and figures so you can research any potential on paper before hand. My first told me about the number of Anglais in the region and also the number of maison secondare. I put out some publicity before hand (illegal but unlikely to get you into trouble) to judge the market potential. Being in contact with your Chambre de Commerce/Metiers is a valuable tool and should be exploited to the full. Generally you may find that persons with skills are sought after and that the opportunites are great.

Cheque employee has its place but you just try and persuade loads of customers to sign up for it especialy the Brits, half of whoam want to try to avoid anything to do with paper and tax! It involves the customer making a tax declaration at the end of the year, so if your client dabbles in  occasional gite letting for instance they may just prefer you to be paid cash just to avoid the authorities questioning them about income... The social charges amount to 33% approx of your wage and the employer is charged for your social charges at the end of the year. So, you charge 15euros but you get paid 10euros and the employer pays to the state 5euros... Small entreprises pay social charges by declaring and justifying turnover/profit much as in the U.K. If you really want to work, you may find cheque employee very limiting as it relies on the client supplying the tools and you are limited to 8 hours per client per week. 95% of my clients are absent and certainly don't have the specialised tools required to do half the garden work. If they do have tools they are very often totaly rubbish for the task in hand. I know this because I have been there and believe me its a bloody awkward road to go down... Rather be in business any day. You can be registered and work only a very little and not pay a great deal in social charges. Just ask the C.C.I or the Mutual Society Agricol to whoam you would pay your social charges too. Whatever you do, don't work on the black.

Hello, Pumpkin...before I go back to work I shall try to explain this to you... First there is no future in cheque employee if you wish to make a living from it. It is for casual labour only... So forget it now and thus save my fingers... There are two catagories of 'gardener' here... The first is 'Paysagiste' and are classed as Artisans, these are 'generally' bigger outfits that take on landscaping works and light construction works. The second are 'Entretien Espaces Verts' and these are 'commercants' who look after green spaces, garden maintenance etc... basically more serviced based. The latter pay less in social charges as it is deemed less high risk work. Talk to your Chambre de Commerce. If you wish to be the latter and the Chambre de metiers if you wish to be the former. A SIRET is the number given upon registration of your business. If you are registered as unemployed for the previous 6 months before registration there may be incentives available such as partial exhonoration of social charges for the first year. If you don't register and are caught by the authorities you will be banged up and your home torn apart for information about your finances. Good luck!    

But your back in England now so the village crime-rate has dropped... Is the betonaire available on E-bay...?

After the 'revolution' will the same type of people will be in power and the social charges any less...? Prehaps only if 'they' stop spending less, will 'they' need to take less and therefore may 'we' have to pay less, charge less... Every-one wants a fat slice of the cake and no-one is prepared to be poor any-more...  

I'm not mad am I...? It seemed sensible when I wrote it...

Prehaps every one should give a days free work to the state to boost its purse...

Hello, its not clear if Welsh Dave charges this per hour or per day... One of my French competitors charges 37.50euros per hour for cutting and strimming grass and this is close to what the C.C.I say I should be looking at. I charge considerably more for urgent, difficult or more technical works and this balances the low rate for maintenance. Off thread... I'm on a French building site this week installing lawns. At lunch every-one goes to lunch and takes only the most casual of security measures regarding materials and tools. They where puzzled when I told my fellow contractors that in the U.K there are security fences, security men and dogs and no end to the measures that pikies, gypos and travellers will go too to walk off with the lot.