PG wrote:
Excellent advice throughout. For those who don't already know,
employers' national insurance contributions are much higher in France,
and anyone working on the black is a direct threat to bona fide
businesses.

Lots of good advice. I can only echo PGs message. I am a self employed
person in France and you can't imagine the amount I pay in all sorts of
unheard of taxes and insurances. Makes Britain look like a tax haven.

The French fisc take a dim view of tax evasion and there is a reward if
you shop someone - 10% of what they recover I believe.