Lower health and maternity contribution for self-employed workers on modest incomes

Article 3 of the law of 16 August 2022 on emergency measures to protect purchasing power strengthens the reduction of the health and maternity contribution rate for self-employed workers on modest incomes; the reduction, which already applied up to 1.1 times the annual social security ceiling (PASS), is deepened for incomes below 60% of the PASS. Decree no. 2022-1529 of 7 December 2022 sets, for craftsmen and retailers, a rate of 0.5% below 40% of the PASS, then a sliding rate up to the full 7.2% at 110% of the PASS; for liberal professions, the rate is zero below 40% of the PASS and reaches 6.5% at 110% of the PASS.