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Tax credits

Start-up Social Contribution Exemption

Aide aux createurs et repreneurs d'entreprise (ACRE)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Partial exemption from social contributions during the first year of activity; value depends on the founder's income.

Funder

URSSAF

public · national

Deadline: Open all year

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Automatic for most first-time founders; micro-entrepreneurs must file a specific request.

How to apply

  1. No application needed — this is paid automatically to everyone who qualifies. Check that the authority holds your current address and bank details; a missing detail is the usual reason an automatic payment does not arrive. — link

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.urssaf.fr/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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