VAT for auto-entrepreneurs: the government suspends the lowering of the exemption threshold for “consultations”

“They are killing not only the status of auto-entrepreneur, but they are also going to kill people,” says outraged Thibaut Chourré, a self-entrepreneur for the past ten years in the photography, video and graphic design sector. Like others, he is concerned about the reduction of the VAT exemption threshold to 25,000 euros for microenterprises, provided for in the finance law before the reform was suspended by the Minister of the Economy in the f…

The Minister of Economy announced on "France 2" the suspension of the measure on the lowering of the VAT exemption threshold adopted in the 2025 budget. Source

This measure, which has been highly criticized by some small entrepreneurs and liberal professions, will be postponed, “for consultation”, said Eric Lombard on the evening of Thursday, February 6.

“We have heard the requests of the self-employed” said on France 2 the Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, announcing “a consultation in order to adjust this measure if necessary”.

This Thursday evening, Eric Lombard announced the suspension of this measure, which was very unpopular with microenterprises, which set the new exemption threshold at 25,000 euros in annual turnover.

A few hours after the final adoption of the budget, the Minister of the Economy Éric Lombard announced a disastrous suspension of the measure which planned to subject small businesses whose turnover exceeds 25,000 euros per year to VAT. A very severe blow that threatened the survival of hundreds of thousands of micro-businesses.