As of January 2018 social contributions rates changed. The employee CSG contribution increased from 7.5% to 9.2%. The Issurance for sickness, maternity, invalidity, death 0.75% employee contribution has been canceled. And the Unemployment employee contribution has been reduced from 4% to 0.95% Here are the new rates:
Your company is renewing its IT equipment? Don’t throw await the used equipment give it to your employees. Why give a used equipment to an employee? Providing benefits to employees is a good wait to avoid turn over. However, in France most of the benefits are taxable. The most obvious example is the health insurance. … Read more
As you know the social contribution on a French payroll are non-negligible. Most of the benefits provided to the employees are taxable. However, some are not. The lunch vouchers are one of those benefits. What is a lunch voucher? A lunch voucher is a ticket with which the employee can pay for his food in … Read more
As always, with the news come a few changes. Here are the ones related to the payroll. Minimum wage increase Avery year the minimum hourly wage (SMIC in French) is updated. With the presidential election in 2017 we expected the government to increase the SMIC at a higher rate than the inflation. We were happily … Read more
When a foreign company send an employee to work in France it has 2 possibilities. A posted employee or the ESEF system. Posted employee “Salarié détaché” A foreign employee can be sent by a foreign company to work in France. In this case for the employee to be considered as posted the company must: Keep … Read more
On the 1st of January 2016 it became mandatory for every company under French social law to offer life and health insurance (called “prévoyance” and “mutuelle” in French) to its employees. What does this means? What will be the cost for the company and for the employees? And for what benefits? How does the company … Read more
On the 1st of January 2016 it became mandatory for every company under French social law to offer life and health insurance (called “prévoyance” and “mutuelle” in French) to its employees. What does this means? What will be the cost for the company and for the employees? And for what benefits? How does the company … Read more
On the 1st of January the AGS contribution decrease from 0,30% to 0,25% The AGS contribution is part of the unemployment contributions paid to the URSSAF. This contribution is financing the salary guarantee scheme. The AGS contribution decrease to 0,25% When an employer is unable to pay the salaries of his employees, the employees can … Read more
On the 29th of December 2015, the decree n°2015-1852 was published. This decree increases the employer contribution rate for illness from 12,80% to 12,84%. The increase of the illness contribution is compensated by the decrease of the AT contribution. This increase is compensated by a decreased of the work related accident contribution (called AT cotnribution). The average … Read more
The GMP retirement is the minimum retirement contribution for executive officers (“cadres”). The GMP is based on the equivalent of a virtual minimum salary. This minimum salary is only used for the calculation of the retirement contributions and the retirement benefits. The GMP retirement is based on a monthly salary of 3 549,24 € On the 1st … Read more
