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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 in the first year of activity: 25% of the contributions (health-maternity, family allowances, basic pension, disability-death) if income is at or below EUR 36,045 (75% of the PASS); degressive between EUR 36,045 and EUR 48,060; none at or above EUR 48,060. For micro-enterprises created or taken over from 1 July 2026 the exemption falls from 50% to 25%.

Funder

URSSAF

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Since 1 January 2026 the request must reach URSSAF within 60 days of the activity start date. Not available if ACRE was already obtained in the previous 3 years.

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

No longer open to all founders: since 1 Jan 2026 ACRE is reserved for people in listed situations at creation/takeover (insured or non-insured jobseeker registered 6 of last 18 months, RSA/ASS recipient, aged 18-25, under 30 and not insured, under 30 with disability, takeover from a firm in insolvency, Cape contract, QPV or ZFRR/ZFRR+ location, PrePare recipient). Companies: effective control conditions apply.

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/accueil/exoneration-acre-createur.html

"L'Acre est réservée aux personnes qui se trouvent dans l'une des situations suivantes au moment de la création ou de la reprise de leur activité : demandeur d'emploi indemnisé ; ... jeune de 18 à 25 ans révolus ;"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.urssaf.fr

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