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The firm’s journal
Articles of 27 September 2026
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Chased Abroad for Your French Company’s Debts? How a Foreign Director Fights the Claim Without Flying to Paris
Foreign director chased from abroad for French company debts? Oppositions, evidence and Paris courts: the defence guide against guarantees, tax solidarity, URSSAF orders and shortfall action …
Buying a French Apartment With Unpaid Co-ownership Charges: Who Pays and How Foreign Buyers Stay Protected
Flat with unpaid charges in France? Article 20 certificate, syndic opposition on the price, and defences for foreign buyers.
Stopped at the French Border With Your Second-Home Keys in Your Pocket After Brexit: Counting Your 90 Days Out of 180, Surviving the Overstay Ban and OQTF, and Switching to a Long-Stay Visitor Visa
British second-home owners get 90 days out of any 180 in Schengen. This guide counts the days, explains refusal of entry, the three-year ban and the OQTF, then shows the long-stay visitor ro …
SAS vs SARL vs Branch vs Subsidiary in France: How a Foreign Founder Should Choose, Register and Avoid the Costly Traps
SAS, SARL, branch or subsidiary? A foreign-founder guide to choosing, registering, transferring shares and limiting liability in France.
Your Spouse Dies Owning a French House With You After Brexit: the Survivor’s Share, the Donation au Dernier Vivant, and How to Challenge a Blocked Succession
British spouse dies owning a French house? Usufruit or quarter share, the year's stay without paying rent, the lifetime housing right, the donation au dernier vivant, spouse tax exemption an …
Your Foreign Company Is Taxed in France Although You Have No Office There: Permanent Establishment, Branch vs Subsidiary, VAT and How to Fight the Reassessment From Abroad
Taxed in France with no office? Permanent establishment, branch vs subsidiary, VAT and how to fight the reassessment from abroad.
British Family, French Home in an SCI After Brexit: Tax, Succession and How to Challenge the Bill
How a British family holding a French home through an SCI is taxed after Brexit, how SCI shares pass to the next generation, and how to challenge the bill.
What Your French Commercial Lease Really Costs to Enter and Exit While You Live Abroad: Deposit, Guarantees, Inventory, Termination and the Two-Year Clock
What a French commercial lease really costs a foreign company: deposit and advance-rent interest, personal guarantees, inventory of fixtures, termination demands, sale of the building and th …
Charged Full French Social Levies Although You Hold a British S1 After Brexit: Who Escapes CSG and CRDS, What the 7.5% Still Costs, and How to Claim Back
British S1 holder taxed at 17.2% in France? CSG and CRDS should not apply. Only the 7.5% solidarity levy is due. How to calculate, prove and reclaim the overcharge before the deadline.
Tax and estate
British in France After Brexit: Should You Transfer Your UK Pension to a QROPS, Who Takes 25%, and How France Taxes What Is Left
Moved to France with a SIPP or workplace pot? The 25% UK transfer charge, the French declaration, and the treaty rules that decide who taxes your pension.
Contracts and business
You Direct Your French Company From Abroad: President or Manager, Social Charges, Cover, and How to Challenge URSSAF
Non-resident president of a SAS or manager of a SARL: which French social regime applies, what charges you pay, how an A1 certificate exempts you, and how to challenge URSSAF from abroad.
Tax and estate
British Owner of a French House Worth Over €1.3 Million After Brexit: Paying IFI Wealth Tax, Valuing Your Home and SCI Shares, and Challenging the Bill
IFI wealth tax follows British owners on both sides of the Channel: worldwide property if you live in France, French house and SCI shares if you live in Britain. Valuation, debts, rates, fil …
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