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Contracts and business

Your French Company Director Went Rogue While You Live Abroad: Remove the President, Block the Bank and Survive the Damages Claim

Foreign shareholder guide: revoke a French SAS president or SARL gerant from abroad, file on the Guichet unique, block the bank, and defeat the damages claim.

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Needs a French VAT Number and You Live Abroad: Register, Charge, File and Recover From Abroad

Foreign founder guide to French VAT from abroad: registration, reverse charge, CA3 filing, deduction deadlines, refunds and how to challenge a reassessment.

Contracts and business

How Foreign Founders Pay Themselves From a French Company While Living Abroad: Salary, Dividends, Social Charges and Withholding Tax

Foreign founder living abroad? Salary or dividends from your French company: real costs, social charges, withholding tax rates and how to challenge URSSAF or tax reassessments.

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Earns Money in France With No Branch or Subsidiary: Permanent Establishment, Registration and How to Challenge the Tax Bill From Abroad

A foreign company that sells, hires or stores goods in France can be taxed as a permanent establishment even with no French office. This guide explains when France can tax you, whether to ch …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Is Owed Money and You Live Abroad: Unpaid Invoices, Late Penalties and Fast Court Orders From Abroad

Your French company has unpaid invoices and you live abroad. French payment caps, automatic late penalties, the 40 euro fee, injonction de payer and enforcement from abroad, explained for fo …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Has No French Address and You Live Abroad: Domiciliation Contract, Greffe Proof and Radiation Risk

No French office? How foreign founders give a French SAS or SARL a lawful registered address from abroad: approved domiciliation, greffe proof and mail discipline.

Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Triggers Hidden Employer Duties While You Live Abroad: Health Cover, Provident Protection, Risk File and How to Fix Fines From Abroad

Hiring your first employee in France triggers compulsory top-up health cover, death-disability protection and a written risk file. This guide covers the costs, the fines and the fixes for fo …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Has Just Received a Tax Audit Notice and You Live Abroad: Verification de Comptabilite, Reassessment and How to Challenge From Abroad

DGFiP tax audit of your French company while you live abroad: audit notice, three-month rule, oral discussion, 30-day reply and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

Your First French Employee Has to Go and You Live Abroad: Dismissal, Negotiated Exit and Labour Court Defence

Dismiss or settle your first French hire from abroad: lawful grounds, severance maths, negotiated exit approval and labour court defence.

Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France While You Live Abroad: DPAE, Contract, Pay Slips and Labour Court Proof

Hiring your first employee in France from abroad: file the DPAE before day one, write a trial clause that holds, and build the pay file that wins labour court cases.

Contracts and business

Your French Employee Is Declared Unfit for Work While You Live Abroad: Reclassification, Dismissal and the One-Month Pay Trap

Your French employee has been declared medically unfit (inapte) and you live abroad. This guide explains the reclassification search, the one-month salary trap, dismissal procedure and sever …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Switch to Electronic Invoices From Abroad: Platforms, Deadlines, Penalties and How to Get Paid

From 1 September 2026 every company in France must receive electronic invoices. A practical English guide for directors living abroad: platforms, new invoice mentions, fines and collecting u …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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