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What is the difference between profit tax and TVA?

✅ In brief


Profit tax concerns the business result. TVA concerns the tax charged to clients and paid to the State.


🧭 What you need to know


  • Profit is, in simplified terms, what remains after income and expenses.
  • TVA is not profit: it is collected from clients and then paid over under the applicable regime.
  • A business can have one regime for its profits and another for its TVA.
  • Both topics relate to taxation, but they do not answer the same question.


🛠️ How Leegal supports you


  • Leegal helps you understand the wording shown during the creation process and prepare a clearer file.
  • The flow can organize information, documents and points to watch, but it does not replace a personalized review.
  • If your situation is specific, it is still preferable to ask a chartered accountant, a lawyer or another qualified professional for advice.


🔎 Points to check


  • How your profits will be taxed.
  • Whether you must charge TVA.
  • Whether you can recover TVA on purchases.
  • The filing frequency.


⚖️ Limits to know


  • Leegal is not a law firm or an accounting firm.
  • Leegal explains the options and helps prepare formalities, but does not choose for you.
  • Tax, social security or personal asset consequences can depend on your actual situation.


📌 Key takeaway


Profit tax and TVA are two different choices: read them separately.



Updated on: 06/07/2026

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