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Contracts and business

Your French Subsidiary Needs Cash From Abroad: Shareholder Loans, Current Accounts, Interest Limits and Getting the Money Back

Your French subsidiary needs cash from abroad. This guide explains how a foreign parent lends through a shareholder current account, the banking-monopoly exemption, the ban on loans to direc …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Bills French Clients While You Live Abroad: E-Invoicing Deadlines, Approved Platforms, E-Reporting and Fines

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive electronic invoices and large and mid-size companies must already issue them: calendar, approved platforms, e-reporting and fines for …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Filing Was Rejected Over a Foreign Document: Apostille, Legalisation, Certified Translation and Kbis From Abroad

Greffe rejected your filing over a foreign paper? Apostille or legalisation, sworn translation and power of attorney: the exact stamps that unblock your Kbis, bank account and court case fro …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Has No Business and You Live Abroad: How to Put It to Sleep (Mise en Sommeil), Stop the Bills and Restart or Close Before the Two-Year Deadline

No activity but still paying bills? How a foreign founder puts a French SAS or SARL to sleep from abroad, what it costs, and how to restart or close before the two-year strike-off deadline.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax While You Live Abroad: 25% Rate, Advances, Filing, Losses and Penalties

Foreign owner guide to French corporate tax: 25% rate, quarterly advances, annual return, loss carryforward and carry-back, and late-payment penalties.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

French VAT for Foreign Companies Run from Abroad: Registration, Thresholds, Returns and Penalties

You sell to France while living abroad: SIEE registration, turnover thresholds, CA3 and CA12 returns, VAT refunds and penalties.

Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France While Living Abroad: DPAE, Contract, Trial Period, Payslips, DSN and Health Cover

Foreign founder hiring a first employee in France from abroad: DPAE deadline, contract, trial period, payslips, DSN, health cover, costs and penalties.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Made a Profit and You Live Abroad: Dividends, Withholding Tax and How to Get the Money Out

Your French company is profitable and you live abroad. How to vote and pay the dividend lawfully, cut the French withholding tax with treaties, and reclaim overpaid tax before the deadline.

Contracts and business

You Must Dismiss Your Employee in France While You Live Abroad: Procedure, Severance Pay and Labour Court Risk

Dismissing your French employee from abroad? The mandatory summons, five-day wait, dismissal letter, severance calculation and Macron scale explained for foreign founders.

Contracts and business

Your French Contractor Claims to Be Your Employee While You Live Abroad: Reclassification, Back Pay, the URSSAF Bill and How to Challenge

Your French freelancer claims employee status and URSSAF announces a payroll control. This guide explains the subordination test, the full cost of reclassification and how to challenge each …

Contracts and business

You Run Your French Company From Abroad and Want a French Employment Contract Too: Combining a Director’s Mandate With Employee Status

Foreign founder and company director living abroad: when French courts accept combining a director's mandate with an employment contract, and how to declare and defend it.

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Fund Your French Company With a Shareholder Loan: Interest Caps, Tax and Getting Repaid

A foreign shareholder can fund a French SAS or SARL through a shareholder current account: written agreement, capped deductible interest, withholding for non-residents, and repayment claimed …

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