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Articles of 14 September 2026

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Company law

Your Company Abroad Needs a French Presence Fast: Branch (Succursale) or SAS Subsidiary — Liability, Kbis, Bank, VAT and How a Foreign Founder Decides From Abroad

Branch or SAS subsidiary in France? A foreign-founder guide to liability, Kbis, bank, VAT, hiring and tax — with exact French statutes.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed Its Corporate Tax Instalment (Acompte d’IS): Penalty, Interest and How a Foreign Owner Fixes It From Abroad

A foreign owner's guide to France's quarterly corporate-tax instalments: what a missed acompte d'IS costs in interest and penalties, and how to fix it from abroad.

Tax and estate

Should Your British Family Buy Its French House Through an SCI After Brexit: Tax, Succession, Resale and How to Challenge the Bill

A British family guide to buying a French house through a SCI after Brexit: setup, yearly running, IFI and sale taxes, succession with English law, and how to challenge the bill.

Company law

Your French SAS Has a President Living Abroad: Assimile Salarie Status, Social Charges and How a Foreign Founder Gets Paid

President of a French SAS while living abroad: assimilated-employee status, URSSAF charges, payslips, salary vs dividends vs current account, and the court-tested mistakes to avoid.

Co-ownership and neighbours

Outvoted in Your Own Paris Building? How Foreign Co-Owners Challenge a French General Meeting Resolution

Your Paris building voted works, charges or a new managing agent while you were abroad. This guide explains who can challenge a French co-ownership meeting, the two-month deadline trap, and …

Company law

Your SAS President Must Go and You Live Abroad: How a Foreign Shareholder Revokes, Files and Updates the Kbis

Foreign majority shareholder? Remove the president of your French SAS from abroad: articles of association, vote, single-portal filing, new Kbis and damages defence.

News

Getting Married in France After Brexit: the British Couple’s Papers, Bans and How to Challenge a Refusal

Two British citizens marrying in France after Brexit: the FCDO self-declaration replacing the certificat de coutume, the bans timetable, the prosecutor's opposition and how to challenge a re …

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Already Billed French Clients Without a French VAT Number: Correcting Invoices, Paying the VAT Due and Limiting Penalties From Abroad

Your foreign company billed French clients with no French VAT number. Correct the invoices, pay the VAT and interest via the SIEE, and cut four penalty layers before the audit notice arrives …

News

Moving Your UK Pension to a QROPS While Living in France After Brexit: the 25% Transfer Charge, French Tax and How to Challenge Double Tax

British resident in France thinking of moving a UK pension to a Malta or Gibraltar QROPS? When HMRC takes 25 per cent, how France taxes the pension under the 2008 treaty, and how to recover …

Insolvency
Insolvency

Closing Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Tax Clearance and Kbis Removal

How a foreign owner closes a French SAS, SARL, SASU or EURL from abroad: dissolution vote, TUP fast track, liquidator duties, final IS and VAT returns, employee exits and Kbis radiation.

News

British Second Marriage and Your French House in a Tontine After Brexit: Can Children from Your First Marriage Still Claim, What Tax the Survivor Pays and How to Challenge the Bill

Remarried British couple with a French house in tontine: how the survivor keeps the whole property against first-marriage children, what tax applies and how to challenge claims.

Contracts and business

Your French Subsidiary Just Received a Tax Audit Notice: How a Foreign Parent Replies, Proves and Contests From Abroad

Your French subsidiary received an avis de verification. Here is how a foreign parent checks the notice, organises the on-site audit, answers the reassessment proposal within thirty days and …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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