There is €20,000 in your EURL's account. Yet part of it already belongs to the State, and another part will go to the Urssaf.
Once you set aside €3,000 of VAT, corporate tax and your upcoming contributions, and keep €2,000 for the unexpected, you can pay yourself €8,339 this month.
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You do not pay yourself the same way in an EURL and in a SASU, and your contributions do not go out at the same time.
Information verified on October 16, 2026. Indicative calculator with no legal force. The figures it applies are taken from official sources and dated: only your tax notice and the tax authorities are binding.
The official pages where we read the rules and amounts applied here.
When you invoice €1,200 including VAT, €200 belongs to the State as soon as your client pays. You will pay it back with your next return, minus the VAT you paid on your purchases. Until then, it inflates your balance.
Your company will pay tax on the financial year's profit: 15% up to €42,500, 25% above. The year's instalments are based on the previous financial year's tax: if your profit climbs, what is left to pay after year end climbs with it.
In a SASU, a net salary of €3,000 costs your company €5,175. In an EURL, in a liberal profession, €3,000 of pay costs it €4,415. In return, that cost lowers the profit on which it pays tax.
Your provisional contributions are based on past or estimated income. If you pay yourself more this year, the Urssaf will claim the difference later, at the adjustment. Better to set it aside in the month you pay yourself.
| Net pay over the year | Cost in a SASU | Cost in an EURL |
|---|---|---|
| €12,000 | €20,700 | €16,840 |
| €24,000 | €41,400 | €34,403 |
| €36,000 | €62,100 | €52,589 |
| €60,000 | €103,252 | €87,375 |
Net before income tax, 2026 scales. EURL in a liberal profession; in a SASU, neither the workplace accident contribution nor provident cover is counted.
Julie is a consultant. Her company's account shows €20,000, and the company has made €40,000 since January.
She has already paid herself €10,000 and paid €3,000 of contributions. She owes €3,000 of VAT, and wants to keep €2,000 in hand.
Her company still has to set aside €2,118 of corporate tax and €4,544 of contributions.
Julie can pay herself €8,339 this month. In a SASU, with the same figures, she could have paid herself €7,903 net, that is €9,983 of gross salary.
Pay yourself that amount at most. Taking less leaves your company some room.
Move the VAT and tax to keep into a company savings account. That way you will not spend them by mistake.
Run the calculation again next month, with your new balance.
Pay yourself nothing until the account covers what your company already owes.
Chase your late invoices. One client paying is often enough to put everything right.
If the shortfall comes back every month, talk to your accountant before the next deadline.
Keeping 25% aside does not work as a single rule for paying yourself from your company, because what you need to keep depends on your company form, on what you have already paid yourself and on your VAT. In a SASU, the contributions on a salary come to about 72% of the net; in an EURL, in a liberal profession, between 39% and 46%. A single rule makes you keep too much in one case, and too little in the other.
A dividend cannot be paid every month: it is decided on the approved accounts of a completed financial year, once corporate tax has been calculated. During the year, you pay yourself through your pay or your salary.
A SASU president's income tax is withheld by the company from the salary and paid to the tax office: what reaches your account is a little lower than the net shown. In an EURL, it is taken from your personal account, at the rate the tax office gave you.
Your company's reserve should cover at least a month of its expenses, and the bills you know are coming: the CFE, an annual subscription, a planned purchase. If your clients often pay late, keep a little more.
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