There will be “two types of devices”, explained this Wednesday the Minister Delegate for SMEs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, while a demonstration took place in front of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Self-employed workers, auto-entrepreneurs whose activity is penalized by the fifth wave of Covid-19, will benefit from reductions in social security contributions and a “exceptional financial aid“, announced Wednesday to AFP the Minister Delegate for SMEs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.
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The government has decided to put in placea safety net for the self-employed who have worked little or not at all due to health restrictions“, he said, while a demonstration took place in front of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, at the call of several organizations of independents. There will be “two types of measures: on the one hand, a reduction in social security contributions for December and January according to terms specific to their status“Said Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Thus those who lose more than 65% of turnover will be able to deduct from their activity for the first quarter of 2022 the turnover achieved in December and January. And if their drop in turnover goes from 30 to 65%, still for December and January, they will be able to deduct half of the turnover achieved from their activity in the first quarter, specified the Minister Delegate.
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A “calibrated” amount in the days to come
The auto-entrepreneurs concerned by this aid are those in the S1 and S1 bis sectors, which includes hotels, bars, restaurants, travel agencies, performing arts, sports clubs, museums, casinos, production films, said the minister. The second support device is a “exceptional financial aid» which will address «to self-employed workers, auto-entrepreneurs in the hotel, catering, nightclub sectors, such as DJs, nightlife, events, travel agencies“, he specifies. “Its amount still needs to be calibratedin the coming days and auto-entrepreneurs will be able to request it on the urssaf.fr, secu-independants.fr or autoentrepreneur.urssaf.fr websites, he added.
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This aid, still for December and January, will be paid by the CPSTI, the Councils for the social protection of the self-employed. so far”even in sectors that benefit from aid, the self-employed are excluded from all state aidcomplained Hind Elidrissi, spokesperson for theneo-union» Independents.co. The event brought together a few dozen people from the tourism or event sectors, joined by VTC and taxi drivers. According to Ms. Elidrissi, representatives of the movement were to be received at the Ministry of the Economy in the afternoon.