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For any information please log on to www.urssaf.fr or contact us by email at sfe@urssaf.fr The accident rate 511TH (accident at work) for the year 2024 is 0.77%. For VRP, the AT 511TG rate is set at 0.96%. In January 1st 2024, the amount of the legally required minimum wage (SMIC) has been raised up to hourly gross smic 11,65 euros, gross smic, on a month basis (35 hours a week) 1 766,92 euros. Contributions to vocational training and the training levy In accordance with Article L.6131-1 of the Labor Code, employers whose company does not have a place of business in France (referred to in Article L243-1-2 of the French Social Security Code) are not liable for contributions to vocational training and the training levy. Deletion of representative status for foreign companies From March 1st, 2024, the status of representative for a foreign company will be deleted (except for the pharmaceutical industry). Are you a social representative wondering about this evolution? If you have any questions, please contact the Urssaf Foreign Companies Service at 0 806 802 633 (free service + call charge) or from abroad at +33 8 06 80 26 33.

A simplified arrangement: the Foreign Firm Slip (‘Titre Firmes Étrangères’ - TFE)

The Foreign Firms Slip ("Titre Firmes Etrangéres"/ TFE)

 

This optional solution is free of charge and cuts down on your employment-related paperwork so you spend less time on administrative management of your employees.

Your social security contributions will be calculated automatically and you will be able to publish your employees' payslips the day after their pay information has been entered.

 

 

Attention

To join TFE, you will first have to register with our foreign firms department (SFE) to get a Siret number.

Once you have your Siret number, a 72-hour waiting period applies before you can sign up online for TFE.

 

We offer two methods of payment

  • Direct debit if you have a bank account in the SEPA area
  • International bank transfer, which will need to go through on the date that appears on your contribution statement.

 

 

Stop

You are not eligible for TFE if :

 

  • Reduced-rate contributions apply (traveling sales representatives, artists, short-term entertainment industry contract workers ("intermittents du spectacle," journalists, selfemployed door-to-door sales representatives)
  • You employ professional air crew in Civil Aviation

 

⇒ If any of the above circumstances apply, you are required to use the DSN electronic payroll reporting system (avec lien) .