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Contracts and business

You Direct a French Company From Abroad: Director Social Security, TNS vs Assimilated Status, URSSAF Bills and How to Challenge

Foreign founder directing a French SAS or SARL from abroad: TNS or assimilated-employee status, what you pay with zero salary, health cover, secondment and how to challenge a URSSAF bill.

Contracts and business

Your French Company and VAT While You Live Abroad: Registration, Thresholds, Invoices, Returns and Corrections

French VAT for foreign founders: registration, exemption thresholds, compliant invoices, CA3 and CA12 returns, refunds, penalties and corrections handled from abroad.

Contracts and business

You Hired Your First Employee in France While Living Abroad: DPAE, Contract, Payslips, DSN and Insurance

Foreign founder guide: file the DPAE before day one, write a valid CDD or part-time contract, run monthly payslips and DSN returns, fund the mutuelle and complete the DUERP, with statutes an …

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Pay Yourself From Your French Company: Salary or Dividends, Social Charges, Withholding and How to Challenge the Bill

Non-resident director of a French SAS or SARL: appointment from abroad, salary vs dividends, social charges, withholding and remedies.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Rents an Office or a Shop While You Live Abroad: 3-6-9 Lease, Rent Hikes, Renewal and Eviction

A foreign-owned company rents an office or a shop in France: nine-year lease and three-year break, deposit and parent guarantee, three-year rent revision, renewal and eviction indemnity, and …

Contracts and business

Your First French Employee Is on Sick Leave and You Live Abroad: Pay, Proof, Medical Checks and the Return to Work

First French hire on sick leave while you run the company from abroad: state daily allowances, employer top-up, 48-hour rule, counter-visits, fixed-term replacement and the mandatory return …

Contracts and business

Your French Subsidiary Owes Corporate Tax and You Live Abroad: 25% IS, Instalments, Filing, Losses and How to Challenge the Bill

French corporate tax for foreign owners explained: 25% IS rate, 15% SME slice, quarterly instalments, filing deadlines, loss carryforward and how to challenge a reassessment from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Employee Committed Serious Misconduct and You Live Abroad: Disciplinary Dismissal, Deadlines and Labour Court Defence

Dismissing a French employee for misconduct from abroad: serious misconduct test, two-month rule, summons, hearing, letter and Paris labour court defence.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Subsidiary Made a Profit and You Live Abroad: Bring the Money Home Through Dividends, Withholding Tax and Legal Challenge

Your French subsidiary is profitable but the cash is stuck in France. How to vote the dividend, cut the 25 percent withholding through treaties or the parent-subsidiary exemption, and challe …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed Its Accounts Filing and You Live Abroad: Greffe Injunction, Daily Penalty and How to Fix It

Missed French annual accounts filing from abroad? Greffe injunction, daily astreinte penalty and the step-by-step late fix explained for foreign directors.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes VAT and You Live Abroad: Registration, Thresholds, Invoices and Late-Filing Fixes

Foreign founder running a French company from abroad? When French VAT applies, the 2026 franchise thresholds, how to get a VAT number, invoice correctly, file CA3 returns and fix late filing …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing While You Live Abroad: Platforms, E-Reporting, Fines and Getting Paid

Mandatory e-invoicing from 1 September 2026 for your French company run from abroad: platforms, e-reporting, fines, invoice mentions and late-payment recovery.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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