Paying Taxes in France

The table below addresses the taxes and mandatory contributions that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year in France, as well as measures of administrative burden in paying taxes.

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Tax or mandatory contributionPayments (number)Notes on PaymentsTime (hours)Statutory tax rateTax baseTotal tax rate (% profit)Notes on TTR
Social security contributions1online filing8040.02% -40.49%gross salaries45.6 
Corporate income tax1online filing2633.3%taxable profits8.2 
Payroll tax1online filing-5.1%gross salaries6.2 
Business tax1 -1.5%value added4.4 
Fuel tax1 -42.5%per litre1.5 
Stamp duty1 -   small amount
Value added tax (VAT)1online filing2619.6%value added not included
Totals:7 132  65.8 


Notes:
Name of taxes have been standardized. For instance income tax, profit tax, tax on company's income are all named corporate income tax in this table.
The hours for VAT include all the VAT and sales taxes applicable.
The hours for Social Security include all the hours for labor taxes and mandatory contributions in general.