CASNOS up-to-date certificate: getting it and using it

The up-to-date certificate is written proof that you owe nothing to CASNOS at the time it is issued. It shows your identity, your registration number and the status of your contribution account.

It proves nothing else. It does not prove that your business exists (that is the trade register extract), nor your tax position (that is the tax roll extract, extrait de rôle, issued by the tax office), nor that your employees are declared (that is the CNAS up-to-date certificate).

Who will ask you for it

• the contracting authority of a public tender: tender specifications generally ask for valid CASNOS and CNAS up-to-date certificates;
• the administration handling a licence or its renewal, for example the licence for engineers or for environmental consultancies;
• other public bodies, depending on the procedure;
• some private clients or partners who want to check you are in good standing before signing.

deadline to declare your yearly contribution base

1 March

deadline to pay the year's contribution

30 June

contribution rate on the base

15%

minimum yearly contribution (minimum wage of 24,000 DA)

43,200 DA

Anyone registered with CASNOS can request the certificate, meaning any self-employed person working on their own account:

• a trader registered in the trade register as an individual;
• the majority managing partner of a SARL and the sole partner managing an EURL;
• a craftsperson holding a craftsman card;
• liberal professions;
• a self-entrepreneur (auto-entrepreneur).

The certificate is personal. In a SARL, the majority manager's certificate is in their own name, with their registration number. If the company has employees, it also needs its own up-to-date certificate from CNAS, the salaried workers' fund: the two are often requested together.

1. 1

   Check that you are up to date

   Year's base declared before 1 March, contribution paid before 30 June, no unpaid earlier year. If not, settle that first.

2. 2

   Gather your references

   Registration number, NIN, Damancom login, receipt for the latest payment.

3. 3

   Make the request

   On Damancom or Khadamati, choose the up-to-date certificate. At the office, ask for it at the counter with your identity card.

4. 4

   Check the document

   Name, registration number, period covered and date of issue. Fix any error before filing your file, not after.

5. 5

   Make copies

   Public tenders often ask for certified copies. Keep the original and a readable scan.

6. 6

   Renew in time

   Each new contribution year calls for a new certificate. Request it again after your yearly payment.

Online, on Damancom

The Damancom portal groups CASNOS online services, including the request for an up-to-date certificate. Log in to your account, choose the certificate request and follow the screens. According to the government public services portal, once the request is processed, you collect the document at your office.

On the Labour Ministry's Khadamati portal

The Khadamati portal of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security also offers a download service for the up-to-date certificate of self-employed workers. It is another possible route, provided your account is up to date.

At your CASNOS office

The office that manages your file, the one for your place of business, also issues the certificate at the counter. Bring your identity card, your registration number and, if the payment is recent, your receipt.

What Neuron does

Neuron only fills in business setup forms and does not do bookkeeping or routine returns: this guide is free and all you need to do it yourself.

There is no deadline to request the certificate: you request it when a file requires it. What matters happens before that: until the year's base is declared and the contribution paid, your account is not up to date and the certificate cannot be issued.

Tender specifications and administrations often state that the certificate must be "valid". Check the period and date shown on the document, and request a new one if yours relates to an earlier contribution year.

• Requesting the certificate before paying the year's contribution: the account is not up to date and the request fails.
• Forgetting to declare the base before 1 March, thinking payment is enough.
• Submitting a certificate for an earlier contribution year when the file requires a valid one.
• Providing the manager's CASNOS certificate instead of the CNAS certificate of the company that employs staff, or the other way round.
• Confusing the up-to-date certificate with the non-registration certificate.
• Waiting until the day before a tender deadline to make the request.