# Can you set up a SASU without an accounting subscription?

Updated : 2026-10-22 · Source : https://legalrapide.fr/en/reponses/sasu-sans-abonnement-comptable/

Yes. No law requires you to hire a chartered accountant (expert-comptable) to set up a SASU, or to run it afterwards. Some free formation offers are tied to an accounting subscription; with LegalRapide, the Essentiel and Rapide plans require no subscription.

## What remains mandatory without a chartered accountant
- Keep accounts and prepare annual financial statements.
- Approve the accounts within six months of the year-end and file them with the greffe.
- File VAT and corporate income tax returns.

## When a chartered accountant is useful
As soon as you pay yourself a salary, have employees or want to optimise the mix of salary and dividends. You can also [keep your current chartered accountant](/en/reponses/garder-expert-comptable/).

## Sources
- [Service-public: how to set up a company?](https://entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr/vosdroits/F32886)