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You Send Your Employee to Launch Your French Subsidiary While You Live Abroad: Posting Rules, SIPSI Declaration, A1 Certificate, Fines and How to Challenge Them
Posting your employee to France requires a prior SIPSI declaration, a local representative and translated documents. Fines reach 4,000 euros per worker. How to comply and challenge.
Your French Company Must Receive E-Invoices Since September 2026: How to Comply From Abroad, Issue by 2027, and Challenge a Penalty
Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive electronic invoices; large firms already issue them and SMEs follow in 2027. A practical English guide for foreign owners: platforms …
You Live Abroad and Must Dismiss Your First French Employee: Dismissal Procedure, Severance Cost, Notice and Labour Court Risk
Dismissing your first French employee from abroad requires a strict procedure, written reasons, notice, severance and labour court proof. This guide explains each step and cost.
Your French Subsidiary Crossed the Audit Thresholds and You Live Abroad: When a Commissaire aux Comptes Becomes Mandatory, How to Appoint One, and What Skipping It Costs
Foreign founder guide: audit thresholds for French SAS and SARL, appointing a commissaire aux comptes from abroad, and fines and prison terms for skipped audits.
Tax Audit on Your French Company While You Live Abroad: On-Site Verification or Remote File Review, 30-Day Reply Rights, Penalties and How to Challenge the Reassessment
Your French company received an audit notice while you live abroad. On-site verification or remote file review, 30-day reply, penalties, formal claim deadlines and court challenge, with veri …
You Run a Foreign Group With a French Subsidiary: Pooling Cash in France, Treasury Agreements, Interest and the Traps
Cash pooling a French subsidiary from abroad: treasury agreement under L.511-7, interest caps, tax audit file, repayment and insolvency lessons from the 2025 rulings.
You Live Abroad and Your French Company Made a Profit: How to Take Dividends Out of France, What France Withholds, and How to Reclaim or Challenge It
Your French SAS or SARL made a profit and you live abroad. Dividend procedure, French withholding rates, treaty relief, the EU parent-subsidiary exemption, and how to challenge from abroad.
Your French Customer Has Not Paid Your Invoice and You Live Abroad: Demand Letter, Injonction de Payer and Seizure From Abroad
Your French customer ignores your invoice and you live abroad. This guide explains compliant invoicing with automatic ECB-plus-ten penalties, the formal demand, the injonction de payer befor …
Your Foreign Company Wants a French Branch Instead of a Subsidiary: Registering a Succursale, Passing the Tax Test and Closing It From Abroad
A foreign company can work in France through a branch (succursale) without incorporating a subsidiary. This guide covers registration on the Guichet unique, the liaison-office tax trap, year …
You Run Your French Company From Abroad Without a Director Title: De Facto Management, Forced Bills, Personal Liability and How to Stay an Adviser
Foreign founder steering a French company from abroad without a mandate: which acts create de facto director status, forced URSSAF affiliation, shortfall liability and how to challenge the l …
Your French Company Has No Paris Address Yet and the Greffe Blocks Your Kbis: Domiciliation, Commercial Lease and Proof of Premises From Abroad
Blocked Kbis over your registered office? How foreign founders prove a French company address from abroad: domiciliation contract, home-based seat, Paris commercial lease, and how to unblock …
Your French Company Uses a Subcontractor While You Live Abroad: Vigilance Papers, Joint Liability and Challenging URSSAF
Your French company hires a subcontractor while you live abroad: which URSSAF vigilance papers to demand, how joint liability works, and how to challenge an assessment within two months.
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