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Contracts and business

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

DRAFT - quasi-duplicate of 2026-09-15 accounts article, depublished pending pivot.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Froze Your Shareholder Advance and You Live Abroad: Lift the Freeze, Recover the Money and Fix the Tax

Your shareholder advance is frozen in your French company and you live abroad: challenge the blocking clause, recover the funds, fix deductible interest and survive the audit.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Lent Money to Your French Company While Living Abroad: Get Repaid, Charge Interest and Survive a Tax Audit

Foreign shareholder advance to a French company: demand repayment from abroad, handle the blocking clause, charge deductible interest and survive a tax audit.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing While You Live Abroad: Approved Platforms, Factur-X Deadlines, E-Reporting and Fines

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive e-invoices; large firms must issue them and SMEs follow in 2027. Approved platforms, Factur-X formats, e-reporting, ten-year archivin …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Is Not Working Out and You Live Abroad: End the Trial, Dismiss Lawfully, Pay Severance and Prove Everything

First French hire failing while you live abroad: check trial validity, end the trial with correct notice, run the dismissal procedure remotely, pay severance and survive the labour court wit …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax and You Live Abroad: Pay the 25% IS on Time and Challenge a Reassessment

Foreign founder guide: French corporate tax at 25 percent, four advance payments and the final balance, online payment from abroad, late interest and surcharges, and how to answer a reassess …

Contracts and business

Named Director of Your French Company While Living Abroad: TNS or Assimilated Employee, URSSAF Bills and Health Cover

Foreign founder named president of a French SAS or manager of a SARL while living abroad: which social security regime applies, what URSSAF charges, what health and pension rights you buy, a …

Contracts and business

You Run Your French Company From Abroad: How to Pay Yourself as a Foreign Director — Salary or Dividends, Social Charges and URSSAF Risk

Foreign president of a SAS or manager of a SARL living abroad: which French social regime covers you, what salary or dividends really cost, and how to document your pay so URSSAF cannot unwi …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Never Declared Its Beneficial Owners and You Live Abroad: File the RBE, Lift the Freeze and Escape the Fines

Who counts as beneficial owner of your French company, what the RBE filing requires, and how to fix a missing declaration from abroad before striking or fines.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes VAT While You Live Abroad: Get the Number, Charge Correctly, File the CA3 and Recover Refunds

Foreign founder with a French company? When French VAT applies, how to get your VAT number, use the franchise or reverse charge, file the CA3 and recover refunds from abroad.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Needs Premises While You Live Abroad: Signing a 3-6-9 Lease, Capping the Deposit and Surviving Eviction

Foreign founder living abroad? How your French SAS or SARL signs a 3-6-9 commercial lease remotely, what deposit and guarantee the landlord can demand, and how to leave every three years or …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Customer Has Not Paid and You Live Abroad: Late Penalties, Payment Orders and Enforcement in France

French customer ignoring your invoices? Penalties at ECB rate plus ten points, an automatic 40-euro fee, payment-order petitions, the European order and enforcement by a French officer, all …

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Maître Reda Kohen

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