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Contracts and business

Your French Company Signs Its First Commercial Lease While You Live Abroad: 3-6-9 Term, Deposit, Rent Reviews, Renewal and Eviction Compensation

WITHDRAWN duplicate pending pivot: inter-engine collision on 3-6-9 lease angle.

Contracts and business

Your French Company’s President Resigned — or Has to Go — While You Live Abroad: Revoke, Appoint and Register the New Director From Abroad

Your SAS president resigned or must be removed while you live abroad? How to vote the revocation under your articles, appoint the successor and file the change on the Guichet unique so banks …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Receive E-Invoices While You Live Abroad: Electronic Invoicing, E-Reporting and Four New Mandatory Details (2026-2027)

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive electronic invoices and large companies must issue them; small companies follow in 2027. A practical English guide for founders abroa …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Is Moving Its Registered Office to Paris While You Live Abroad: Transfer Vote, Greffe Filing, BODACC and Tax Updates

Moving your French company's registered office to Paris from abroad: SAS and SARL vote, one-month publication and INPI filing, same-district versus cross-district steps, and the tax, bank an …

Contracts and business

Your French Employee Committed Serious Misconduct While You Live Abroad: Disciplinary Dismissal, Procedure, Severance and Labour Court Risk

Your French employee stole, vanished or turned threatening and you run the company from abroad. Here is how to dismiss for misconduct without voiding the procedure, what simple, serious and …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Wired Money From Abroad Into Your French Company and Cannot Get It Back: Shareholder Loan Repayment, Interest Cap and Tax Proof

You lent money from abroad to your French SAS or SARL and the company will not repay. How to claim a shareholder current-account advance from outside France, when a lock-in clause binds you …

Contracts and business

Your French Customer Went Bust While You Live Abroad: Declare Your Claim, Beat the Deadline and Get Paid in the Proceedings

Your French debtor entered safeguard, reorganisation or liquidation and you live abroad: how to declare your claim, the four-month deadline, verification, payment rank and rescue if you file …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Lent Money to Your French Company From Abroad and Want It Back: Shareholder Loans, Blocked Accounts, Interest, Tax and Recovery

WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR 2026-10-03: near-duplicate of the 2026-10-01 shareholder-loan article on the same vertical; kept as draft pending deletion.

Contracts and business

You Hire Your First Employee on a Fixed-Term Contract While Living Abroad: Lawful Cases, Written Terms and Trial Rules That Decide Reclassification

First hire on a fixed-term contract in France from abroad: lawful CDD cases, mandatory written mentions, signature rules and trial limits that decide reclassification.

Contracts and business

Your French Client Will Not Pay and You Live Abroad: Late Penalties, Fast Payment Orders and Seizure From Abroad

Your French client ignores your invoice while you run the company from abroad. French law pays you late interest at the ECB rate plus 10 points with a 40 euro fee per invoice, then offers a …

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Faces French VAT While You Live Abroad: Registration, Thresholds, Returns and How to Challenge a Reassessment

Foreign founder, French VAT number starting with FR, fiscal representative, franchise thresholds, CA3 returns, import self-assessment and how to challenge a reassessment from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax While You Live Abroad: 25% Rate, Quarterly Instalments, Loss Relief and How to Challenge a Reassessment

IS at 25%, quarterly instalments, CFE, filing from abroad and how to challenge a French tax reassessment: the corporate tax guide for foreign owners.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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