Want to work as an escort, but don't know how to get started? You do not know exactly how to declare yourself and practice legally?
So read this article carefully!
We almost all know that the escort girl situation can seem complicated and complex to understand. Prostitution is prohibited in France, but escorting remains legal… Or at least that's what it seems.
In reality, the law and regulations governing the practice of sex work are quite murky, and we don't really know how they work, where to find them, or even how to choose.
One of the very recurring questions in the escort community is indeed the following: how to declare yourself when working as an escort? Well, we'll attempt to answer that question today.
The problem of illegality in the sex industry in France
As you probably already know, escort activity is prohibited in France. However, the escort profession exists, like all professions related to sex, including prostitution. In Switzerland, prostitution and escorting are two recognized circles that are totally regulated by law.
Thus, there are completely legal brothels, where everyone is registered, the activities are very lucrative, but above all: they don't make you risk anything. On the other hand, if you decide to make an appointment with an escort in Nice, everything will be different, and you will not only risk incurring your civil liability…
But in addition, you risk scams. Since in countries where sex work and prostitution are illegal, people who work in this environment can sometimes take advantage of it to set up scams.
On internet forums, stories of scams are multiplying. Customers are in fact dummy customers and become victims of individuals who take advantage of the promotion of an escort site, to extract as much money as possible from them.
The scam can take several forms: either the false escort will ask for money as proof of good faith, or she will threaten the client, claiming that she recorded the conversation and that it is enough to go to the police station, and have a reason for complaint.
Or even a reason for an offense, which can even give rise to possible prison sentences.
Self-employed declaration
Unfortunately, we know that paperwork in France is a huge problem. Both for employees and the self-employed, everything related to administration is very complicated.
This is also why accountants and other notaries are highly valued and essential in the exercise of certain professions.
For employees, the problem begins with the first payslip: it is filled with complex acronyms that we do not understand. Employer charges, tax charges and other contributions, we don't even know where it comes from...
In short, it is very complicated. But for taxes, if you are an employee, still passes. The problem of taxes at source has become rather obsolete. On the other hand, for a freelancer, someone who exercises a slightly different profession (this is the case of escorts), taxes quickly become a great source of stress.
So here is our advice for declaring yourself as an escort in France. Already, you can register as a self-employed worker, with regard to the URSSAF and the official bodies for taking samples and monitoring professional activity.
This will therefore create a relatively simple status for you, where you will have imposed rules such as imposed social contributions and a declaration of income each year.
But despite that, you still have other options. Because as we will see, declaring yourself as an escort does not destroy the prejudice against the sex trade.
Declare yourself for escorts
Even if you are therefore self-employed as an escort girl, you will not benefit from the same rights as everyone else. Already, you can forget about transparency. I don't think it's possible to declare one of your benefits as it is.
Otherwise, it is immediately considered prostitution, even if it is only an accompaniment or companionship service. So, you have to be cunning, find names, titles... When you go to declare your activity, you must therefore find a solution.
There are categories of activity that come close to escort activity, such as the field of body care or body maintenance. Although this field belongs to the beauty professions, such as beautician or massage, it is also close to the field of escorting...
Once on the internet, here is how to create your legal status. Already, today you must declare yourself as a microentrepreneur. This process will be done on the URSSAF website, where you will declare yourself as a self-employed entrepreneur or owner of a microenterprise.
For the choice of the tax regime, we advise you to opt for the auto-entrepreneur regime, which is quite advantageous, except that it imposes a limit of around 30,000 euros per year.
To overcome this limit, there is the controlled declaration regime, which is unfortunately not very advantageous.
Why register?
Working black, that is to say, working without declaring income, or by declaring only a part of it, is complicated because it exposes you to serious legal proceedings. In addition, remember that your activity is quite special, and it does not fall within the framework of legality in France.
Declaring your income means making sure you have no problem with the tax authorities, and therefore no bad surprises. In addition, this allows you to contribute to your retirement. Even if it may seem far away, paying your dues gives another advantage…
It is the right to state aid in the event of cessation of activity, the right to health insurance, maternity and paternity leave, old-age allowances, etc.
So declaring your income is advantageous for you, even if you may be tempted to say nothing, it is an error that will catch up with you in time.