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Your French Company Has No Valid Address and You Live Abroad: Domiciliation, Commercial Lease, Greffe Rejection and How to Fix It From Abroad

Foreign founder living abroad: give your French company a valid registered office, pass the greffe check with domiciliation or a lease, and avoid a nine-year trap.

Your First French Employee Commits Misconduct While You Manage From Abroad: Warnings, Suspension, Disciplinary Dismissal and Labour Court Defence

First French employee guilty of misconduct? Sanctions, protective suspension, two-month rule, dismissal procedure and labour court risks for foreign employers.

Your French Company Owes Its First Corporate Tax From Abroad: 25% Rate, Instalments, Form 2065, CFE and How to Fix Late Payment

Foreign founder guide: French corporation tax at 25%, quarterly instalments, return 2065, loss carry-forward, CFE and how to challenge a bill from abroad.

Your French Company Must Now Handle Electronic Invoices: the 1 September 2026 Reform, Approved Platforms, E-Reporting and Fines

Since 1 September 2026 your French company must receive e-invoices via an approved platform. Calendar, e-reporting, fines and steps from abroad.

You Live Abroad and Must Dismiss Your First French Employee: Grounds, Procedure, Severance Math and Labour Court Defence

Foreign founder living abroad? Learn how to lawfully dismiss your first French hire: real and serious cause, five-day and two-day procedure, severance math and Macron scale defence.

Your First French Hire Is Not Working Out and You Live Abroad: How to End the Trial Period, Count the Notice and Avoid an Unfair Dismissal

Foreign founder whose first French hire is failing probation: written trial-period clause, renewal traps, notice scale and the late-notification reclassification risk, with Labour Code texts …

Your Goods Are Stuck at French Customs and You Live Abroad: EORI, Customs Representation, Import VAT Reverse Charge and How to Release the Shipment

Foreign company importing goods into France? How the EORI number, customs representation and the automatic import VAT reverse charge work, and how to release a held shipment from abroad.

Your Foreign Company Sells in France Without a French VAT Number: When Registration Is Mandatory, OSS Limits, Invoices and Penalties

Foreign company selling goods or services in France? When a French VAT number is mandatory, where the OSS stops, and how to register, invoice and fix penalties from abroad.

Your Foreign Company Needs a French Presence and You Live Abroad: Branch or Subsidiary, Registration, Liability, Tax and How to Challenge a Refusal

Branch or subsidiary in France for a foreign company living abroad: registration via the INPI single desk, parent liability, corporate tax and VAT, bank account, staff, closure and how to ch …

You Signed a Lease or Paid a Deposit Before Your French Kbis Arrived: Who Is Liable and How the Company Takes Over From Abroad

Foreign founder guide: acts signed for a French SAS or SARL before RCS registration bind you personally unless taken over; express wording, takeover routes, bank and landlord disputes, and r …

French Tax Office Audits Your French Company While You Live Abroad: Verification de Comptabilite, Reassessment, Penalties and How to Challenge From Abroad

Your SAS received an avis de verification while you live in London, New York or Dubai. This guide explains the French tax audit step by step - on-site verification, proposed reassessment, 40 …