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Tax credits

Young Innovative Company status

Statut Jeune entreprise innovante (JEI)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Not a cash grant. Employer social-contribution exemption on the pay of R&D staff, capped at 4.5 SMIC per person and at 5 times the annual social security ceiling per establishment per year, for 7 years from creation. The corporate income tax exemption (100% on the first profitable year, 50% on the second) NO LONGER applies to companies created from 1 January 2024. Local tax (CFE / taxe foncière) exemptions remain for companies created up to 31 December 2028 and are capped by the de minimis regulation (€300,000 over a rolling 3 years).

Funder

État français (URSSAF / DGFiP)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Self-assessed status applied each year; an optional rescrit may be requested from the tax administration.

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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

This is de minimis aid. It counts against the €300,000 ceiling that applies to your company across a rolling three years in this member state (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831). If a new award would take you over, Article 3(7) disqualifies that award in full rather than reducing it — so check your headroom before you apply, not after. Check your headroom for France.

Who can apply

Company created less than 8 years ago, R&D spend at least 20% of deductible charges (raised from 15% by the 2024/2025 reforms), independent ownership. Reform position as at August 2026: IS exemption withdrawn for companies created from 1 January 2024; social-contribution exemption on R&D staff retained; local tax exemptions available for companies created up to 31 December 2028 and capped by de minimis (€300,000 / 3 years).

How to apply

  1. Check the company meets the JEI criteria for the financial year, including the R&D expenditure share of total charges.
  2. Optionally request a rescrit fiscal from the tax administration to confirm the status.
  3. Apply the social-contribution exemption directly in the monthly DSN filings to URSSAF.
  4. Claim the local tax exemptions where the local authority has voted them.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · What is de minimis aid?

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://bpifrance-creation.fr/encyclopedie/aides-a-creation-a-reprise-dentreprise/aides-a-linnovation/jei-jeune-entreprise

"Cet avantage fiscal concerne les entreprises créées jusqu'au 31 décembre 2028. Cette exonération est limitée par la réglementation de minimis"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: bpifrance-creation.fr

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