I. – With regard to the taxation of industrial and commercial profits, an actual profit regime is instituted for small and medium-sized enterprises which includes lighter obligations.
II. – (Repealed).
III. – The scheme provided for in I is reserved for:
a. By option, to companies normally placed under the scheme defined in Article 50-0 ;
b. To other companies whose turnover for the previous calendar year does not exceed the thresholds provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 162-4 of the code of taxes on goods and services as well as to non-trading companies of means defined in article 36 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966.
Companies retain the benefit of these provisions for the first year following the year in which the turnover limit set in the first paragraph is exceeded, except in the event of a change of activity.
IV. – Legal entities liable for corporation tax whose turnover does not exceed the limits defined in b of III are eligible for the scheme provided for in I.
V. – A Conseil d’Etat decree sets the conditions under which the companies mentioned in b of III and IV may waive the benefit of this article, as well as the conditions for exercising the option provided for in a of III.
VI. – No balance sheet is required for sole traders and companies referred to in article 239 quater A subject to income tax in accordance with the tax regime set out in I, where their turnover for the previous calendar year does not exceed €176,000 excluding tax in the case of businesses whose main business is selling goods, objects, supplies and food to be taken away or consumed on the premises, or providing accommodation, or €61,000 excluding tax in the case of other businesses.
These thresholds are calculated in accordance with the conditions set out in article 50-0, section 1. They are updated every three years in the same proportion as the three-yearly change in the upper limit of the first bracket of the income tax scale and rounded to the nearest thousand euros.
These businesses are exempt from presenting their balance sheet during accounting audits.