France

The French tax regime covers the basics.

Base Details

Key	Value
Tax Country Code	FR
Currency	EUR
Base Time Zone	Europe/Paris

Tax Categories

Code	Name	Title
VAT	VAT	Value Added Tax

VAT Rates

Key	Name	Percents	Description
zero	Zero Rate	0.0%
standard	Standard rate	20%	For the majority of sales of goods and services: it applies to all products or services for which no other rate is expressly provided.
intermediate	Intermediate rate	10%	Applicable in particular to unprocessed agricultural products, firewood, housing improvement works which do not benefit from the 5.5% rate, to certain accommodation and camping services, to fairs and exhibitions, fairground games and rides, to entrance fees to museums, zoos, monuments, to passenger transport, to the processing of waste, restoration.
reduced	Reduced rate	5.5%	Concerns most food products, feminine hygiene protection products, equipment and services for the disabled, books on any medium, gas and electricity subscriptions, supply of heat from renewable energies, supply of meals in school canteens, ticketing for live shows and cinemas, certain imports and deliveries of works of art, improvement works the energy quality of housing, social or emergency housing, home ownership.
special	Special rate	2.1%	Reserved for medicines reimbursable by social security, sales of live animals for slaughter and charcuterie to non-taxable persons, the television license fee, certain shows and press publications registered with the Joint Commission for Publications and Press Agencies.

Correction Definitions

Auto-generation of corrective invoices or credit and debit notes is supported.

Invoice Types

The types of invoices that can be created with a preceding definition:

• credit-note
• corrective