Auto-Entrepreneur in Algeria 2026: Complete Guide

What is the auto-entrepreneur in Algeria?

Our fees for the auto-entrepreneur file

• UpGrowth fee for the auto-entrepreneur file (ANAE card, then NIF, C20, NIS and CASNOS): from 45 000 DZD excl. VAT. VAT of 19 % is added on the fee only.
• No trade register and no tax stamps for this status.
• Paid by you, in your own name, when UpGrowth files in your name: the seal (cachet), 5 000 DZD, and the notarized power of attorney, 8 000 DZD. These costs are not on UpGrowth's invoice.
• Minimum total before VAT: 58 000 DZD (45 000 + 5 000 + 8 000).
• Micro-importation: fee from 60 000 DZD excl. VAT.
• These are starting prices, not a firm quote.
• Liberal occupations and regulated and artisanal professions and activities are excluded from the auto-entrepreneur status (loi n° 22-23 of 18 December 2022, art. 2). UpGrowth checks your activity first.

Eligibility conditions for the status

• Have reached the legal working age (article 3 of loi n° 22-23; the minimum recruitment age is sixteen (16), article 15 of loi n° 90-11 of 21 April 1990).
• Reside in Algeria with a valid biometric national ID card.
• Carry out the activity individually (no partners or permanent employees).
• Choose an activity appearing on the official ANAE list.
• Comply with the annual turnover ceiling: 5 million DZD (ordinary regime; micro-importation has a regime of its own, see below).
• Do not combine it with another incompatible commercial status (e.g. SARL manager).
• Be up to date with existing tax obligations (if any prior).

Permitted and prohibited activities

Documents to prepare

• Valid biometric national ID card (color photocopy, both sides).
• Recent ID photo (35x45 mm format, white background).
• Selfie photo holding the ID card (ANAE anti-fraud verification).
• Valid personal email address (not an employer address).
• Active Algerian phone number (SMS validation).
• Residence or business address (supporting document not mandatory but useful).
• No commercial register required (this is the major advantage of the status).
• No bank guarantee or share capital required.

Registration on anae.dz, step by step

• 1. Go to the official portal: https://anae.dz
• 2. Click 'Obtenir ma carte' (Get my card) in the top right corner.
• 3. Create an account with email + password + Algerian number (SMS validation).
• 4. Fill in the form: first and last name in French AND Arabic (exact CNI spelling), date of birth, address.
• 5. Choose the main activity + up to 4 secondary activities (from the official list).
• 6. Upload documents: CNI (national ID card) both sides, photo, selfie with CNI.
• 7. Review then submit the application.
• 8. ANAE confirmation by email and SMS. Décret exécutif n° 23-197 of 25 May 2023 (art. 17) sets a maximum of three (3) working days to process the national register application, counted from the filing date. That period belongs to the ANAE.

Timeframes and card collection

• Processing of the registration request: three (3) working days at most from filing (décret exécutif n° 23-197, art. 17).
• Notification of acceptance or rejection: electronically (art. 18). The decree provides no third outcome and no correction request.
• Issue of the card: once the registration is accepted (art. 20). The decree sets no production, delivery or collection deadline, and we announce none.
• Appeal against a rejection: thirty (30) days to the services of the minister in charge of start-ups, who answers within thirty (30) days (art. 24).
• Card validity: five (5) years (décret exécutif n° 23-196, art. 5, JO n° 37 of 4 June 2023 page 7). The same article leaves the issuing and delivery fees to the agency and sets no amount.

Card cost and associated fees

• Card fee: no published text sets an amount, so we state none. Décret exécutif n° 23-196 (art. 5) refers to issuing and delivery fees set by the agency.
• CASNOS: quarterly or annual payment, online or at a branch.
• IFU: G12 provisional declaration then G12 bis final declaration to the DGI, the latter by 20 January of the following year (art. 282 quater of the CIDTA).

Obligations after obtaining the card

• NIF: article 11 of loi n° 22-23 requires the auto-entrepreneur to file a declaration of existence with the territorially competent tax services, in order to obtain a tax identification number, within thirty (30) days of receiving the auto-entrepreneur card.
• Declaration of activity to CASNOS within ten (10) days of the start of the activity (article 6 of loi 83-14 as rewritten by article 5 of loi 04-17). The ordinary contribution is 15% of a base that cannot fall below the annual SNMG; exceptionally, the auto-entrepreneur may pay 24,000 DZD a year instead (décret exécutif 26-257).
• Opening a professional bank account (recommended, not mandatory if turnover is low).
• Keeping a simplified record of income and expenses (mandatory).
• Issuing compliant invoices stating the NIF and the ANAE card.
• Turnover declared to the DGI: G12 provisional declaration, then G12 bis final declaration by 20 January of the following year (art. 282 quater of the CIDTA).
• Optional CNAS affiliation for supplementary health coverage.
• Informing ANAE in case of change of activity, address, or cessation.

IFU tax regime, in detail

• Rate: 0.5% of gross annual turnover for ALL ordinary auto-entrepreneur activities (standardized by the 2024 Finance Act, Article 18 amending Art. 282sexies of the CIDTA (Direct Taxes Code)). Micro-importation is the exception: its tax regime is separate, see the "Micro-importation: a regime of its own" block.
• Minimum IFU: 10,000 DZD per financial year (art. 365 bis of the CIDTA, as worded by article 29 of the 2025 Finance Act, which sets the general minimum at 30,000 DZD and lowers it to 10,000 DZD under auto-entrepreneur status), even where turnover is nil. It must be paid in full by 30 June of the year concerned.
• No VAT to charge and none to remit: the IFU covers it (art. 282 bis of the CIDTA). This is not an exemption, and VAT borne on purchases is not deductible. On the invoice, simply state that VAT is not applicable: no text imposes a set wording.
• G12 provisional declaration to the DGI, then G12 bis final declaration by 20 January of the following year (art. 282 quater of the CIDTA).
• Payment when the declaration is filed, with instalments available (50% on filing, 25% from 1 to 15 September, 25% from 1 to 15 December, art. 365 of the CIDTA); the minimum assessment stays due in full by 30 June.
• No requirement for certified financial statements or a chartered accountant.
• Turnover / expenses record kept for 10 years (audit possible).
• Not to be confused with the general IFU (outside AE): 5% for production and sale of goods, 12% for other activities (art. 282 sexies of the CIDTA), with a minimum assessment of 30,000 DZD (art. 365 bis of the CIDTA).

Turnover ceiling, 5M DZD

• Ceiling: 5,000,000 DZD (five million) per calendar year.
• Where the ceiling is exceeded for three (3) consecutive years: registration with the trade register becomes mandatory to carry on the activity (loi n° 22-23, art. 13), and the taxpayer is struck off the national auto-entrepreneur register (décret exécutif n° 23-197, art. 22).
• Neither loi n° 22-23, nor décret exécutif n° 23-197, nor the 2023 to 2026 finance acts set a 30 day switching deadline or a 3 month tolerance, so we state neither.
• Usual switch: EURL (if solo) or SARL (if partners are added).
• Retention of the NIF upon switching (avoids losing the tax history).
• Note: 'gross turnover' includes all receipts, including those subject to retrocession.

Micro-importation: a regime of its own

• What it covers (art. 2, 3 and 8): imports made personally by a natural person with auto-entrepreneur status, during trips abroad, for resale in Algeria, of limited quantities of goods worth at most 1,800,000 DA per trip, at most two trips a month. The annual tourist allowance is not counted. Any excess is forbidden.
• Documents required (art. 6, 11 and 12): the auto-entrepreneur card must carry the micro-importation domain or activity (ANAE, code 080101), together with a general authorisation from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, issued within five (5) working days, valid for one (1) year, renewable, personal and non-transferable. Actually carrying on the activity is conditional on it.
• Conditions (art. 5 and 7): legal working age, Algerian nationality and residence in Algeria, no other paid activity (salaried, commercial or liberal profession), CASNOS affiliation, a foreign-currency account at the Banque extérieure d'Algérie (BEA), financing from one's own foreign currency. The activity ends entitlement to unemployment benefit.
• Advantages (art. 4): simplified accounting on a register numbered and initialled by the tax services, no trade register, no prior import authorisations, a 5 % customs duty and a specific tax regime under the legislation in force. The decree does not give a rate for that tax regime: its detail is on the dedicated page.
• Obligations (art. 6, 13 and 14): declare the goods before each import on the digital platform of the ministry in charge of start-ups, linked to Customs; labels (name, address, designation, origin) and simplified delivery notes; products must have more than half of their shelf life left at import.
• Excluded (art. 9): prohibited goods and sensitive products, sensitive equipment (executive decree n° 09-410), pharmaceutical products, goods needing special authorisations, goods harmful to security, public order or morals.
• Registration (art. 10): in the national auto-entrepreneur register, under executive decree n° 23-197.
• Source: executive decree n° 25-170 of 28 June 2025, JO n° 40 of 2025.

Advantages vs disadvantages of the status

When to switch to a SARL or EURL?

• Turnover approaching 4.5M DZD (buffer before the 5M ceiling).
• Need to hire permanent employees.
• Desire to bring in partners or investors.
• Need to deduct VAT on significant purchases.
• Classic commercial import / export project, which stays closed to the status; only micro-importation has been open to it since 28 June 2025.
• Seeking substantial bank financing (SME loan).
• Plans to raise funds (business angels, ASF).
• Desire to obtain the Startup Label (reserved for companies).

Common mistakes that get the file rejected

• Last name / first name in Arabic not matching the CNI (exact spelling required).
• Blurry or cropped selfie with CNI (a fully legible photo is required).
• Email address already used for another ANAE account.
• Chosen activity not eligible or misclassified.
• Omitting secondary activities consistent with the main activity.
• Existing prior NIF not correctly linked to the new account.
• Expired CNI document (to be renewed before submission).
• Phone not receiving the validation SMS (blocked operator or foreign number).

Modification, renewal and cessation

• Change of activity: online declaration on anae.dz, through the electronic auto-entrepreneur platform. Neither loi n° 22-23 nor décret exécutif n° 23-197 sets a deadline for that declaration, and we announce none.
• Change of address: free update via the account.
• The auto-entrepreneur card runs for five (5) years (décret exécutif n° 23-196 of 25 May 2023, art. 5). The decree sets no reminder procedure before expiry.
• IFU declaration to the DGI (G12 then G12 bis): due even when turnover is nil, the 10,000 DZD minimum assessment staying payable (art. 365 bis of the CIDTA).
• Cessation of activity: online procedure + DGI declaration + CASNOS deregistration.
• Dormancy: no formal status, but possible without generating turnover (minimum IFU of 10,000 DZD still due).
• Document retention: 10 years (turnover record, invoices, supporting documents).