Albert the InfoGipsy
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[quote user="mary"]If we did donwgrade to AE, we would pay 23% not 46%. thefore have more money at the end of each month. With the Sarl, we did earn 33,000, but with the social charges and impo paid, we are down to 17,000 net which amount to 1,400 per month with a family of two children...[/quote]
What do you mean by 'earn'? If that was income after deducting all business costs then you may well have been turning over much more (50,000-ish maybe).
When comparing a SARL (or any other réel regime) with Micro or AE you have to remember that the 46% is on profits and the 23% is on turnover. The two different percentages are because of that difference -- they assume that you'll have a certain default level of expenses.
As someone else has commented, if you have a business with high real expenses it doesn't make sense to be an AE.
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If the seasonal work is as an employee then yes, no connection with your AE income.
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Funnily enough, our local Poste always gives us blue 'par avion' labels without being asked when we buy stamps for our UK mail.
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Hygena used to be owned by MFI, with a distinct French subsidiary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygena
There are several shops in my departement (56).
I had a quick google and found this -- seems to be usual mix of happy & unhappy customers.
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I've never dealt with them, but how about
4 Pour Cent Immobilier
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[quote user="AnOther"]Clicking 'don't show me' creates a cookie called francePopupDaily and if it isn't 'sticking' then check that you are not clearing your cookies when closing your browser.
Logging off shouldn't affect it.
[/quote]I don't clear cookies, because that would affect all my other automated logins. It appears that logging off does affect it, because the ruddy pop-up is the first symptom that tells me I've been logged out.
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Yup! I've seen it, clicked it. The main way I know I've been logged out is that the durned thing pops up again. This is sometimes in mid-session and other times when I've opened a new browser window.
Touch wood it hasn't happened today yet.
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As far as I know the linguistic side has no special rules. My wife is a fully qualified language teacher but had no need to prove it when she registered her business.
As for taking under-age children into your home as paying guests there might be hoops to jump through.
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Just to clarify for anyone who isn't aware, a real Livret de Famille is an official document summarising the history of a marriage, from the aisle to the grave (or the divorce court). You can't get one if you are both foreigners and arrrive in France after your marriage. In that case Norman's list of documents is a sensible starting point.
AND you should have full birth certificates, not the short ones, for anyone actually living in France.The French also have a quaint habit of updating a birth certificate with information about marriage, etc. so don't be surprised if you are asked for a copy made in the last 3 months. Sometimes an explanation suffices, but sometimes you just have to order a fresh copy.
Unless it is specifically demanded don't go to the expense of certified translations by a traducteur assermenté: a typical fee is 30-40€ per document.
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Just be aware that numbers might work the same but the ways of manipulating them can vary significantly. My wife (French) tried to help our son with long division and was totally flummoxed by the method used in England at that time. As I understand it, french schools are hot on doing things the official way, so you can't expect them to say 'it's OK if he gets the right answer anyway'.
It would probably be worthwhile getting copies of the standard text books well in advance so that you can suss out problems like this.
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Has someone been playing with the Forum software again? Each time I come back I find I've been logged off. Is it a cunning way to shove that ruddy pop-up in my face again?
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I got a new phone from Leclerc. It's unlocked -- I've used it with SIMs from 2 different companies -- and does all I want.
This is their cheapest offering and 'Fonctionne avec tous les opérateurs' means it's not locked.
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I reviewed the going rate in eBay for this Win 7 Ultimateand there is a cluster around the 60-80€ mark from a number of vendors. That takes into account immediate sales and auctions.
The vendor has a high positive rating and I've looked at the last few months' worth. There were one or two cases where he seems to have picked up a dodgy copy but those have apparently been reimbursed. I bought via PayPal and I believe that also gives some protection in the event of mis-selling.
The software might be a bit cheaper than usual because it's an English install. I don't know if that points to being an OEM package.
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Thanks, all. I've just ordered Ultimate from eBay for 70€ inc p&p.
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Nope. Left school last year -- not in education. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
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Because Win 7 is cheaper (by 50€) as an upgrade.
The machine is a quad core with 4GB of memory and a terabyte of storage, so reasonably fast. It's a desktop so he'll be using his existing keyboard.
I'll look on Ebay for a cheaper full install DVD.
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Does anybody know if you can change languages when you upgrade from Vista to Win 7?
I'm passing my Vista PC (in English) to my French nephew, who obviously wants it in his own language and would prefer Win7 anyway. -
If you need a pilot hole why not make up a wooden plug that you can push into each hole in turn? It would at least get you started.
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Just be careful what you say to the mairie or the DDE. A verandah in French is what I'd call a conservatory in English: a glass-walled room. That would immediately require different treatment from an open-sided structure similar to a balcony.
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Hiya, Balham.
How did you try to post the photo and what browser are you using? The software here is a bit pernickety, to say the least.
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Is there any reason you don't want to go straight up through the garage roof with a flue?
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I suggest that you stroll along to the DDE office and check your 170 sq m calculation before you go too far in detailed drawings.
I'd expect that anything visible from the outside (windows, etc.) will need approval for a change of plan, but I doubt if anybody will be round with a tape measure for minor discrepancies.
If the outbuilding is separate from the main house then it gets its own 170 sq m allowance. I think this also applies if it's semi-detached, with no internal access between the two parts, but I wouldn't swear to it.
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What do you want?
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[quote user="Chancer"]
Fascinating to read, does it not cause these children any temporary anguish on their first day at school if they have never heard or spoken French?
Presumably it pays to put them in maternelle or a playgroup as soon as possible.
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If a child reaches the age of five without being exposed to the local language then you must live somewhere really isolated. Just accompanying Mum or Dad to the shops or wherever should ensure that they know that the world is not monoglot. Your Polish friend's experience strongly indicates that he may have been living in a refugee camp or similar enclave. I can remember Poles at primary school who switched perfectly automatically between speaking to their parents or to me, but they lived in ordinary homes in London..
Maternelle or playgroup would probably be a good idea, but if you are near enough to kids of about their age they'll sort things out anyway.
RSI - SOCIAL CHARGES 46%
in Earning a Living
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Chancer,
I wouldn't worry about that. The whole set of figures is so badly presented it's effectively meaningless. There are two lines with '?' as the value and the TVA seems to be applied twice. Also, as has been pointed out, the cotisation rate for commerce is 12%.
As far as I can see, the figures should look like this.
Receipts for goods sold €100,00
Cost of goods (TTC) -€60,00
RSI Cotisations (12%) -€12.00
Profit before tax €28.00
This gives a gross margin of 60% and a profit (before tax) of 28% of turnover. Delivery costs (postage etc.) would impact this, as would other operating costs such as transport.
As everybody who's done any research into it knows, AE is not suited to commerce where there is a low markup or high real costs.