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Contracts and business

You Are About to Hire Your First Employee in France While Living Abroad: DPAE, Employment Contract, Trial Period and First Payroll Explained

First hire in France from abroad: DPAE before day one, written CDI clauses, lawful trial periods, pay slips, DSN and the true employer cost explained.

Contracts and business

You Missed the 6-Month Deadline to Approve Your French Company’s Accounts From Abroad: AGO Rules, Greffe Filing and How to Fix It

Six-month deadline passed and you run your French SAS or SARL from abroad? Approval rules, greffe filing and the cure against injunctions and daily penalties.

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Your Foreign Company Sells Into France: When You Need a French VAT Number, When the OSS Is Enough, and How to File From Abroad

Foreign company selling into France? Learn when a French VAT number is mandatory, when the EU One-Stop Shop suffices, and how to register, invoice and file from abroad.

Contracts and business

How to Pay Yourself From Your French Company While Living Abroad: Salary, Dividends, Pay Slips and Social Security

SAS president or SARL manager, salary or dividends: the two legal channels for taking money out of your French company while living abroad, with pay slips, DSN, votes and treaty withholding …

Contracts and business

Your French Bank Refuses the Company Account While You Live Abroad: Deposit, Droit au Compte and Kbis

Bank refused your French company account as a non-resident founder? Capital deposit, droit au compte via Banque de France, and Kbis explained.

Contracts and business

Your French Customer Does Not Pay While You Live Abroad: Formal Notice, Payment Order and Enforcement for Your French Invoices

French client ignoring your invoice while you live abroad? Deadlines, ECB-plus-ten penalties, formal notice, payment order and seizure, step by step.

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Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Send Electronic Invoices While You Live Abroad: E-Invoicing Mandate, Approved Platforms and Fines

Since 1 September 2026 your French company must receive electronic invoices whatever its size, and must issue them from September 2026 or 2027 depending on size. Certified platform, four new …

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Your French Employee Is Failing and You Live Abroad: Personal Dismissal Meetings, Notice, Severance and Labour Court Defence

Dismissing a French employee for poor performance or misconduct from abroad: valid grounds, invitation, meeting, notification, severance and the 12-month court window.

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Moving Your French Company’s Registered Office From Abroad: Transfer the Siege Social, Update Your Kbis and Avoid the Classic Traps

Your lease ends or Paris calls and you live abroad: decide the siege transfer correctly, publish in one or two legal-notice papers, file on the Guichet unique within one month, and update Kb …

Contracts and business

Your French Subsidiary Fails While You Run the Group From Abroad: Will You Have to Pay Its Debts?

Your French subsidiary faces a court-ordered wind-down while you manage the group from abroad. Extension for confusion of assets, de facto directorship and shortfall liability: what French c …

Contracts and business

You Just Received Your First French CFE Bill While Living Abroad: First-Year Exemption, Minimum Base and How to Pay or Contest It

First CFE bill on your French company while you live abroad? Creation-year exemption, halved base, minimum contribution, 15 December deadline and how to challenge the assessment.

Contracts and business

Your French VAT Number Is Still Inactive While You Invoice From Abroad: Activate VIES, Charge, Deduct and Fix Penalties

Your French company invoices but its VAT number fails on VIES: attribution by the SIE, activation checks, invoicing and deduction rules, import self-assessment, and how to fix late filings f …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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