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Contracts and business

My French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing While I Live Abroad: September Deadlines, Approved Platform and Penalties

WITHDRAWN AS DUPLICATE of 2026-10-06 e-invoicing article. Draft only.

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Want to Move Your French Company’s Registered Office: Vote the Transfer, File on the Guichet Unique and Get Your New Kbis

Moving your French company's registered office from abroad: who votes the transfer in a SARL, SAS or SA, how to publish and file on the Guichet unique within one month, and what changes for …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Run Your French Company From Abroad: Director Status, Social Security, Pay vs Dividends and Personal Liability

Non-resident founder of a French SAS or SARL? Learn whether you are affilie as assimile salarie or self-employed, how salary and dividends are taxed and charged, and when directors pay compa …

Contracts and business

Your French Company and French VAT While You Live Abroad: Registration, Reverse Charge, Returns and Penalties

Your French company must charge French VAT, get a French VAT number, apply the reverse charge and self-assess imports, then file, deduct and survive audits from abroad. Rules, official texts …

Contracts and business

You Run a French Company From Abroad: Pay Corporate Tax on Time, Get the Instalments Right and Challenge a Reassessment

Foreign owner guide to French corporate tax: 25 percent rate, four instalments, filing from abroad, transfer-pricing risks and how to challenge a reassessment.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Needs Premises While You Live Abroad: Sign a 3/6/9 Commercial Lease, Control the Rent and Survive Non-Renewal

Foreign founder renting offices, shops or workshops in France: 3/6/9 lease or short-term lease, deposit cap, charges, triennial rent revision, termination orders and eviction compensation ex …

Contracts and business

You Want to Franchise Your Concept in France While Living Abroad: Disclose, Sign, Renew or Terminate Without Losing the Network

You run a business abroad and want franchisees in France: this guide explains the 20-day disclosure document, what a valid franchise agreement must contain, and how to renew or end it from a …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Has Been Served With a Writ While You Live Abroad: Answer Before the Commercial Court, Count Your Extra Deadlines and Avoid a Default Judgment

Served with a French commercial court writ while living abroad? Learn how to check the summons, count your two-month distance extension, appoint a representative and build a defence file tha …

Contracts and business

Your French Client Has Not Paid Your Invoice and You Live Abroad: Formal Demand, Injunction to Pay and Enforcement Without Coming to France

Your French client ignores your invoice and you run the company from abroad. This guide explains French payment terms, automatic late penalties, the formal demand, the injunction-to-pay orde …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Your French Company Made a Profit: How to Vote Dividends, Keep Only the Treaty Withholding and Reclaim the Excess

Your French company made a profit and you live abroad. This guide explains how to vote the dividend from outside France, which French withholding applies, how treaties cap it and how to recl …

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Want to Sell Your French Company Shares: Get Past Approval, Register the Sale and Pay Only the Tax Treaties Allow

You live abroad and want to sell your French SAS or SARL shares. This guide explains approval and pre-emption clauses, signing and registering the sale within one month, French capital gains …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Made a Profit While You Live Abroad: Vote Dividends, Suffer Withholding and Reclaim Treaty Relief

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Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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