Self-employed craft workers exempted from the chamber of trades fee for two years

Article 67 of the 2009 amending finance act requires self-employed micro-entrepreneurs whose main activity is a craft to register in the trades register. In return, business owners under the micro-social scheme (Article L. 133-6-8 of the Social Security Code) are exempt from the registration fee and from the chamber of trades fee and its additional duties (Articles 1601, 1601 A and 1601 B of the General Tax Code) until the end of the second calendar year following the year their business was created. The measure stems from a government amendment adopted in the National Assembly.