Choosing your legal status when you are a recruiter
When you embark on freelancing after an employee career, choosing the right legal status is a decisive step. This choice impacts administrative management, taxation, and the collection of its professional activity. Here is a detailed guide to the various legal statuses for a freelance recruiter, with a focus on their advantages and disadvantages.
1. Auto-entrepreneur: First step towards independence
The status of self-employed is often the first choice for its simplicity and advantageous taxation.
Advantages : Ideal for starting with few formalities, this status offers simplified accounting management and taxation on turnover, allowing better predictability of charges.
Disadvantages : The capping of turnover can curb growth. Social contributions, although proportional to turnover, can weigh on profitability. In addition, social coverage is less protective compared to that of an employee.
2. Individual enterprise (IS): for a controlled expansion
Individual enterprise is a natural evolution for those which exceed the limits of the self-employed.
Advantages : It offers greater freedom with an unclear turnover and the possibility of deducting real charges, which can optimize taxation. The separation of personal and professional finances is clearer.
Disadvantages : Unlimited liability can be risky, exposing personal goods in the event of debts. Administrative management is more complex, often requiring the help of an accountant.
3. Simplified joint -stock company UNIERSONNEL (SASU)
SASU is a strategic choice for growing activity and requiring a more formal structure.
Advantages : it offers personal heritage protection thanks to limited liability. The employee's social scheme is an asset, providing better social protection. This legal form is also perceived as more credible to customers and partners.
Disadvantages : administrative complexity and operating costs are higher, including more strict accounting and legal obligations, which may require the support of experts.
4. Simplified joint -stock company (SAS)
SAS is a relevant option for those who wish to associate with other freelancers.
Advantages : It offers great flexibility in the organization and distribution of profits, while limiting the responsibility of partners to their contributions. This structure is ideal for collaborative projects and allows growth and evolution adapted to the company's ambitions.
Disadvantages : Management is heavier and operating costs are significant. Legal and accounting obligations often require the intervention of professionals, thus increasing the general costs.
5. Wage portage: a balance between independence and security
Salary portage is a hybrid solution that combines the independence of freelancing with the safety of wages.
Advantages : It offers peace of mind with administrative management delegated to the portage company and complete social security coverage. It is an ideal option for those who start freelance or who seek to minimize administrative risks.
Disadvantages : Management costs can be substantial, and this formula offers less freedom in the negotiation of prices and customer management.
The choice of legal status as a freelance recruiter depends on many factors: volume of activity, appetite for risk, social protection needs, and growth prospects. Each status has its specificities, and it is important to understand them to make an enlightened choice. Again, get closer to your experienced colleagues to accompany you in your decision. And if however you cannot decide, you can also meet an expert for a personalized analysis, in order to find the status that best corresponds to your professional needs and ambitions.
PS: advice, after having determined the status you need, make yourself accompany in its creation. Companies will take care of it for you for a few hundred euros and will save you administrative round trips which we are going well during its beginnings!
