Question 4328 — value added tax

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Mr. Boris Tavernier reminds the Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, responsible for commerce, crafts, small and medium-sized businesses and the social and solidarity economy, that the adoption of the 2025 finance bill and its provisions has raised many concerns, in particular for self-employed people. Indeed, the lowering of the VAT-based franchise threshold to 25,000 euros led to rapid mobilization of the people concerned. This mobilization is all the more understandable given the absence of consultation prior to the application of this measure. The MP wishes to draw the attention of the Minister to the fact that if it is appropriate to evaluate and reform the status of the self-employed, both to support changes in the sector that to better protect professionals, these developments cannot be done in a hasty manner and create precariousness. Furthermore, the lowering of the franchise threshold cannot be justified by the sole fight against unfair competition, while said reduction is applied in an indiscriminate manner to sectors which are not subject to it, while the basic franchise is not specific to the micro-enterprise regime. Faced with this protest, the ministry reacted by announcing on February 6, 2025 a temporary suspension of the reform as well as a future consultation. Although this moratorium appears to make common sense, this sequence also highlighted the fact that self-employed people are workers weakened by fragmented or poorly applied labor law and therefore sensitive to any development of the legal framework. Given the aforementioned elements, he asks her if she will initiate a bill aimed at commuting the suspension of the lowering of the franchise threshold into a repeal of the reform, as well as a project which will allow the national representation to work seriously to reform the status and rights of self-employed people.

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