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Self-Employed in France: Set Up, Tax & First Clients

Set up as a freelancer in France in the right order — micro-entreprise (guichet unique INPI), franchise en base de TVA and URSSAF — price your work and reach your first clients.

5modules
15lessons
6weeks
2one-to-one calls
30days of post-course support

Your Readiness Proof

Your registration route in France mapped, a pricing model that covers tax and insurance, contract templates and your first three prospects contacted.

What this course is — and is not

This course is educational and specific to France. It explains the registration, tax and social-insurance rules in general terms; it is not individual tax or legal advice. Every lesson shows its official sources and the date of its last review.

Who this is for

  • New freelancers in France
  • Employees planning to go independent
  • Newcomers with skills clients will pay for

Better to start elsewhere

  • People who need individual tax or legal advice — this course is educational; we explain when to consult a tax adviser

What you will be able to do

  • Register correctly: micro-entreprise (guichet unique INPI)
  • Understand franchise en base de TVA and when it applies
  • Know your contributions to URSSAF
  • Set prices that cover tax, insurance and non-billable time
  • Use clear proposals, contracts and invoices

Modules and lessons

1Your legal set-up
3 lessons
  • micro-entreprise (guichet unique INPI)
  • Sole trader or company
  • Official sources
2Tax
3 lessons
  • franchise en base de TVA
  • Income tax prepayments
  • Deadlines
3Social insurance
3 lessons
  • URSSAF
  • Health cover
  • Pension
4Pricing and contracts
3 lessons
  • Day rate
  • Proposals
  • Invoices that comply
5First clients
3 lessons
  • Prospect list
  • Outreach
  • Your first three conversations

Your mentor

A tax adviser or experienced freelancer working in France.

A course mentor reviews your assignments within three business days, and you have 2 one-to-one calls. Weekly group clinic. A coordinator keeps your plan on track, and messages are answered within one business day.

Your result tracker

Every week your tracker shows what is done, what is next and what your mentor said. Your coordinator checks in if a checkpoint slips.

  1. Week 1 · CheckpointYour legal set-up
  2. Week 2 · CheckpointTax
  3. Week 3 · CheckpointSocial insurance
  4. Week 4 · CheckpointPricing and contracts
  5. Week 5 · CheckpointFirst clients
  6. Week 6Readiness Proof submitted and reviewed
  7. After the course+30 days: post-course follow-up

After the course

30 days of post-course mentor support: send one updated version of your result for review and ask follow-up questions. 12 months of access to materials and monthly alumni clinics for three months.

Format and time

Video lessons, practical assignments with written feedback, weekly live clinic and a final project. 4 hours a week.

Requirements

A laptop or desktop computer, a stable internet connection and about 4 hours a week.

Always up to date — and adapted to you. This course is updated regularly and can be adapted to your personal needs — pace, focus, examples from your field, accessibility or extra language support. Mention it in your application.

Certificate

Certificate of Achievement, issued when your final project passes review.

This is a MAKE ME FIT certificate with a public verification link. It is not a state qualification or a professional licence.

France edition. Last reviewed: September 2026 by the MAKE ME FIT editorial team. Sources are linked in each lesson.