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Articles of 25 September 2026
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British Owner Dies Owning a French House After Brexit: Who Taxes the French Property Under the 1963 Treaty, What the Notaire Must File Within Six or Twelve Months, and How to Challenge Double Tax
A British owner dies leaving a French house: France always taxes it under the 1963 treaty, domicile decides the rest, and the credit wipes out double tax. Deadlines, computation and remedies …
Your French Company Just Received an Order to Pay and You Live Abroad: Oppose Within One Month and Force a Full Hearing
Your French company was ordered to pay without a hearing while you live abroad. This guide shows how to check the order, file an opposition within the one-month deadline extended by distance …
Kept on UK Payroll While Living in France After Brexit: French Social Charges, the URSSAF Bill and How to Challenge It
Living in France but still paid through a UK payroll? France claims French social charges and income tax from day one. How URSSAF builds the bill, and how to challenge or regularise it.
Your French Partner Cuts You Off Without Notice and You Run the Company From Abroad: Notice Periods, Damages and Emergency Relief
French partner ended your distribution or supply relationship overnight. Notice periods, gross-margin damages and emergency relief for companies run from abroad.
British Newcomer Needs a French Visa After Brexit: Which Long-Stay Visa, Which Carte de Sejour, and How to Challenge a Refusal or OQTF
British citizen moving to France after Brexit? Choose the right long-stay visa, secure your carte de sejour, and challenge any refusal or OQTF within the deadline.
You Lent Money to Your French Company and Cannot Get It Back: Recover Your Shareholder Advance From Abroad
Your French company refuses to repay your shareholder advance (compte courant d'associé)? French law makes it repayable on demand. Procedure, lock-ups, insolvency and director traps explaine …
Buying French Property at a Judicial Auction: Saisie Immobiliere Guide for Foreign Buyers
How judicial auctions work in France: seizure procedure, bidding through a lawyer, 10 percent guarantee, ten-day overbid, payment deadlines and what the buyer really gets.
British Family SCI in France After Brexit: Buying the House Through a Société Civile Immobilière, Paying the Right Tax, and Challenging the Bill
Should your British family hold its French house through an SCI? How the company works, who pays tax on rents and sales, how to escape the 3% yearly tax and IFI, what happens to the shares o …
Your French Company Cannot Pay Its Bills and You Live Abroad: Cessation des Paiements, Safeguard, Redressement and How to File Without Flying to France
Your French company cannot pay suppliers, URSSAF or VAT and you live abroad? How cessation des paiements is tested, when to file conciliation, safeguard or redressement, and what foreign dir …
British Tenant in France After Brexit: Getting Your Deposit Back, Fighting Deductions, and Stopping an Eviction
British tenant in France? How the one-month and two-month deposit refund rules, the automatic 10% monthly penalty, and the defences against a notice to quit or an arrears eviction work after …
Your First French Hire Just Sued You and You Live Abroad: Answer the Labour Court Summons, Win Conciliation and Cap Damages
Sued by your first French hire from abroad? Conciliation hearing, Macron damages scale, twelve-month time bar, and how to defend without flying to France.
Your French Company Missed Its Annual Accounts Filing and You Live Abroad: Greffe Injunction, Daily Fines and How to Fix It From Abroad
DRAFT - quasi-duplicate of 2026-09-15 accounts article, depublished pending pivot.
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