Obtain payment deadlines for personal social contributions (micro-entrepreneur)

Verified 15 July 2026 - Entreprendre Service Public / (Prime Minister)

When a micro-entrepreneur (or self-entrepreneur) encounters financial difficulties that have consequences on the payment of his social contributions, he can request a payment deadline from the Urssaf.

To be able to request a payment deadline, the micro-entrepreneur must be up to date with his tax returns. He must have declared his turnover on his Urssaf account, every month or every quarter, according to the frequency he has chosen.

The micro-entrepreneur who wishes to benefit from a payment period must specify the following:

Background to the request : other debts, existence of a clearance plan ongoing, etc.
Origin and nature of the difficulties encounteredto pay his contributions
Actions implemented to restore the situation
Estimated time required for to restore his situation and desired duration of the schedule
Other documents that could be useful for the examination of the application.

The processing time of the application varies according to the method of transmission chosen by the micro-entrepreneur:

The request for payment terms must be made on the website www.autoentrepreneur.urssaf.fr. The micro-entrepreneur must log in to his online space and follow the path: messaging/new message/reason " a request for a payment period ».

Online account autoentrepreneur.urssaf.fr

The Urssaf sends a response to the micro-entrepreneur in the 48 hours which follow his request.

Who shall I contact

Urssaf

The Urssaf sends a response to the micro-entrepreneur in the 15 days which follow his request.

FYI

It is not necessary to also request the remittance of overdue charges. The request for a payment period implicitly entails the request for the delivery of late payment surcharges.