FreelanXFreelance business setup checklist
Eleven steps to set up as a freelancer: status and registration, money, protection, contracts and records, and data.
Step by step
- 1Tick each item as you go: your progress is kept in this browser.
- 2Open the detail under an item when you need the why.
- 3Copy the checklist into your notes to keep it with your client files.
Watch-outs
What changes from one country to another, with the legal source.
Register for Self Assessment by 5 October after the end of the tax year in which you started; VAT registration threshold GBP 90,000.
HMRCThe micro-entrepreneur status is declared on the single online formalities portal; turnover thresholds apply.
formalites.entreprises.gouv.fr; economie.gouv.frFreelancers (Freiberufler) register with the tax office; the small business VAT exemption applies up to EUR 25,000 of prior-year turnover since 2025.
UStG § 19 (Jahressteuergesetz 2024)Self-employment tax applies to net earnings of USD 400 or more; quarterly estimated payments are due.
IRS, Self-employment taxProfessionals can use presumptive taxation under section 44ADA within its limits.
Income-tax Act, s 44ADAFreelancers need a freelance permit or licence.
UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation; free zone authoritiesLegal references checked on 15 Oct 2026. Rules change: check the source before you rely on it.
Questions people ask
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