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Articles of 14 September 2026

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Property

Buying French Property at Auction: Seizure Sales, Bidding Rules and Title Risks Explained for Foreign Buyers

How French seizure auctions work for foreign buyers: bidding through a lawyer, the ten-day overbid, the two-month payment clock, no hidden-defects warranty, and what the adjudication judgmen …

News

British Resident in France Charged CSG and CRDS While Covered by a UK S1 After Brexit: How the Exemption Works, How to Claim a Refund and How to Challenge the Bill

Charged 17.2% French social charges despite a registered UK S1? How the single-legislation rule exempts you, what proof the tax office wants and how to reclaim before the deadline.

Contracts and business

Taking Profits Out of Your French Company From Abroad: Approving Accounts, Voting Dividends and Paying French Withholding Tax

Foreign owner of a French company? How to approve the accounts, vote dividends within nine months, pay French withholding tax and recover treaty relief from abroad.

Banking, insurance and consumers

Your French Company’s Bank Account Was Refused: Droit au Compte, Banque de France Designation and How a Foreign Owner Gets Operating From Abroad

A French bank refused your company's account. Here is why foreign-owned files get turned down, what the refusal certificate must contain, and how the Banque de France designation gets you op …

News
News

Your UK 25% Tax-Free Pension Lump Sum as a French Resident After Brexit: Will France Tax It, the 7.5% Flat Rate and How to Challenge Double Tax

British resident in France taking your 25% UK pension lump sum? France can tax it. Treaty rules, the 7.5% flat-rate option and how to challenge double tax.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed Its VAT Return (CA3): Penalties, Interest and How a Foreign Owner Fixes It From Abroad

You run your French company from abroad and a CA3 VAT return was missed. This guide explains the monthly and simplified regimes, the 0.20 percent monthly interest, the 10 or 40 percent surch …

Tax and estate

British Resident in France Selling Your UK House After Brexit: Where the Gain Is Taxed, How to Declare It and How to Challenge Double Tax

French resident selling your UK house? Both France and the UK can tax the gain, but the treaty gives France a credit equal to the British tax. Deadlines, 2048-IMM and 60-day UK return, and h …

Contracts and business

Your French Company’s Legal Calendar: What a Foreign Owner Must Approve, File and Pay – and When

Foreign owner of a French company? The full legal calendar in English: approve accounts in 6 months, file with the greffe, pay IS, VAT, CFE and payroll on time - and fix a missed deadline fr …

News
News

Your English Family Trust and Your French House After Brexit: What to Declare, What Tax You Owe and How to Challenge the Bill

Your English trust holding a French house must be declared in France. Trustee duties, annual levy, succession tax and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France From Abroad: DPAE, Contract, Trial Period and Payslip

Your French company needs its first employee. This guide covers the DPAE pre-hiring declaration, CDI vs CDD, trial period renewal, payslips and how to fix a missed formality from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed the Beneficial Owners Filing (RBE): Greffe Injunction, Fine and How a Foreign Founder Fixes It From Abroad

Missed the French RBE filing for your company? Greffe notice, injunction, strike-off and 200,000 euro fine explained, with the remote fix for foreign founders.

Planning and construction

British Resident in France After One Year After Brexit: How to Get the Four-Year Multi-Year Card and Challenge a Refusal

After one year in France on a temporary card, many British residents can claim a four-year multi-year card. Who qualifies, why visitor cards are shut out, and how to challenge a refusal afte …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

Partner, member of the Paris Bar, 11 rue Margueritte, 75017 Paris. Author of the analyses published in this journal. About