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Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Your French Company Signs Contracts: Governing Law, Mandatory French Rules, Late Penalties and Enforcement From Abroad

Your French company signs contracts while you live abroad. French law still imposes its terms, payment deadlines, late penalties and jurisdiction rules. Here is how to draft, sign and enforc …

Contracts and business

Shopping app hacker notification: has your account been hacked and what EU law lets you do about your data

A hacker ransom notification pushed to shoppers' phones claims a cloud data store was fully compromised. Has your account been hacked? What the DPO message means, the 72-hour CNIL rule, and …

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You Live Abroad and Hire Your First Employee in France: What the Hire Really Costs, What the Payslip Must Show and How the Monthly DSN Works

Hiring your first employee in France while living abroad means budgeting the super-gross, issuing a compliant French payslip and filing the monthly DSN. Costs, payslip blocks and declaration …

Contracts and business

Has Your Online Fashion Account Been Hacked? Your GDPR Rights in France After a Breach Notification

A threatening notification pushed through a British fashion retailer's app claims customer data was compromised. If you shop from France, here is how to verify the alert and which GDPR right …

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Your French Subsidiary Pays Management Fees to Its Foreign Parent and the Tax Office Reassesses: Article 57, Proof of Real Services, Withholding Tax and How to Challenge From Abroad

Reassessed on management fees your French subsidiary pays its foreign parent? Article 57 presumption, proof of real services, withholding tax and challenge deadlines from abroad.

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The Labour Inspector Knocks While You Live Abroad: Entry Rights, Papers to Produce, Fines per Worker, and How to Challenge the DREETS From Abroad

A French labour inspector visits your premises while you live abroad. Entry rights, papers to produce, fines up to 4,000 euros per worker, and how to challenge the DREETS decision from abroa …

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Your Paris Landlord Refuses to Renew Your Company Lease and You Live Abroad: 3/6/9 Renewal Rights, Eviction Indemnity and How to Challenge From Abroad

Your French landlord refuses to renew your shop or office lease while you live abroad. This guide explains the 3/6/9 renewal right, the six-month and two-year deadlines, how the eviction ind …

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Your French Client Does Not Pay and You Live Abroad: Late Penalties, Formal Notice and Fast Court Recovery

Your French client ignores your invoices while you run the company from abroad? French law adds automatic late interest at the ECB rate plus 10 points and a 40-euro fee per invoice, and the …

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Your French Company Owes Corporate Income Tax and You Live Abroad: Rate, Instalments, Branch Tax and How to Challenge the Bill

How French corporate income tax works for a company run from abroad: 25 percent rate, quarterly instalments, branch tax, penalties and how to challenge a reassessment.

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Your French Company and VAT While You Live Abroad: Getting Registered, Applying Reverse Charge, Reclaiming Refunds and Challenging a Refusal

French VAT number delayed, reverse charge on foreign suppliers, refund refused? How foreign founders register, deduct, reclaim and challenge VAT from abroad.

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Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Use a French Freelancer: When France Reclassifies the Contract as Employment, What URSSAF and the Labour Court Charge, and How to Challenge From Abroad

Your French freelancer may legally be your employee. This guide explains the subordination test, the URSSAF reassessment, the labour-court cost and how to challenge both from abroad.

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Want to Buy Into a French Company: Do You Need IEF Authorisation, How to Get It, and How to Challenge a Refusal or Fine

Foreign investor buying into a French company from abroad: when prior IEF authorisation is required, which sectors and thresholds apply, how the 30 plus 45 business-day review runs, and how …

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Maître Reda Kohen

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