After the outcry, the lowering of the VAT threshold for the autoentrepreneurs postponed to the fall – Liberation
A new period to calm the game. Already suspended until June 1, The reform of the VAT exemption threshold for self -employed is now pushed back to the fall budgetary discussion, failing to have « Unanimously for or against », The Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, announced on Wednesday April 30, during questions in government in the National Assembly.
« »The Government has made the decision to suspend the implementation of the reform and to let the debate be serenely within the framework of the finance bill for 2026 ”, said the minister in the face of deputies. In a press release published in the process by Bercy, the government welcomed « Choose listening and dialogue » facing « Concerns expressed by various economic actors and parliamentarians ».
The news was welcomed with relief by François Hurel, president of the Union of Autoentrepreneurs, for whom « Wisdom awarded ». But who does not lower custody. « This is a suspension, not a deletion », However, he nuanced.
The reform, included in the current finance law, was to enter into force on March 1 and has already been suspended until June 1 for consultation. It lowers 25,000 euros in annual turnover the VAT tax threshold, instead of 37,500 euros previously for services and 85,000 euros for commercial activities. This particularly concerns hundreds of thousands of microentrepreneurs.
Within the whole for the Republic, opposed to the increases in levies, we also want to return to the previous situation, and well before fall. The leader of the majority group deputies, Gabriel Attal, welcomed this « First victory », adding support a bill for deputy Paul Midy « To guarantee once and for all fiscal stability for () microentrepreneurs ». The proposal should be studied « In early June » during a parliamentary niche.
Marc Sanchez, secretary general of the Syndicate of Independents and VSEs (SDI), has « Hailed the government’s decision to give the debate time », because there « Abrupt decision » taken in budget 2025 « Daze a large number of traders, especially in small towns and rural areas ».
The latter still judges the debates « Must imperatively take into account the specific situation of building professionals, in fact confronted with competition that can be described as unfair » from microentrepreneurs. The SDI wishes to lower the threshold to 25,000 euros for building auto entrepreneurs, and the return of the previous regime for the other sectors of activity.
According to Eric Lombard, the Minister of SMEs, Véronique Louwagie, will bring together parliamentarians from different political groups on Tuesday, around the preparation of the 2026 finance bill. François Hurel assures that « All parliamentarians go there with the firm intention of blowing up the measure ». At the beginning of April, the Senate finance committee advocated « abandonment » pure and simple of the reform.
